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Visiting Rio Before July 30th? Don’t Miss ‘Favela Climate Memory’ Exhibition at the Favela Museum Overlooking Ipanema: ‘We Learned to Survive So We Can Tell Others How’

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Staff • June 1, 2026

Clique aqui para Português The ‘Favela Climate Memory’ exhibition returned to the Favela Museum (MUF) during Brazil’s 24th Annual National Museum Week, now presented in its complete form. Organized by eleven museums and memory project […]

#GentrificationWatch

As the World Cup Kicks Off Across North America, Communities in Host Cities Are Pushing Back Against Rising Rents—With a Tool Born in the Civil Rights Movement [RELEASE]

By International Center for Community Land Trusts • May 25, 2026

This article is part of our series reflecting on the impacts of mega-events on Rio de Janeiro 10 years after the 2016 Olympic Games, republished with permission and in collaboration with the International Center for Community […]

#GentrificationWatch

‘We Cannot Allow Cities To Be Emptied of Their True Citizens’: Princess Abze Djigma of Burkina Faso Visits Rio’s Cândido Mendes Mansion

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Staff • May 21, 2026

Clique aqui para Português Residents of the Cândido Mendes Mansion in Santa Teresa, a neighborhood in central Rio de Janeiro, received a distinguished visitor on May 7, Her Royal Highness Princess Abze Djigma of Burkina […]

#LegacyWatch

10 Years After Rio’s Most Notorious Pre-Olympic Forced Eviction, Women-Led Collective Action Preserves the Memory of Vila Autódromo

By Alexandre Cerqueira • Translation by Sia Kulkarni • May 13, 2026

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of our series reflecting on the impacts of mega-events on Rio de Janeiro 10 years after the 2016 Olympic Games. Ten years after the end of the […]

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New ‘Water Watch Platform’ Enables Monitoring and Public Participation in Health and Sanitation in the State of Rio de Janeiro

By Amanda Baroni Lopes • Translation by Juliet Hussell • April 21, 2026

Clique aqui para Português During the week marking World Water Day, the Water Watch Platform* was launched. The tool was created by the Popular Network for Sanitation and Health Monitoring of the Brazilian national health […]

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