Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday, January 19, Mayor Eduardo Paes took questions from an audience of around 80 people at OsteRio, an event organized by online magazine Vozerio and the Institute for the Study of […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese published on EBC click here. Brazil has strong housing rights legislation. Why, then, is it not applied? Brazil has the necessary laws to relieve problems with housing and land regulation. However, […]
Clique aqui para Português On October 23 agents from the city government carried out the unannounced demolition of five homes in Vila Autódromo, next door to the 2016 Olympic Park. 60 year-old Dona Mariza do […]
Clique aqui para Português Last weekend students from two universities joined residents of Vila Autódromo to revitalize the community park, or Parquinho. Participants tied colored ribbons around trees, painted the jungle gym, seesaw and swing-set, and […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Thiago Guimarães published on BBC Brasil click here. During this final stretch to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, deadlines become shorter and pressure mounts on communities that […]