Clique aqui para Português On August 31, the Rio de Janeiro Public Defenders Office held a public hearing for residents of the Complexo do Alemão, Jacarezinho, Manguinhos and Caju favelas, all in the North Zone, to voice their […]
Clique aqui para Português Almost exactly one year after the Favela da Skol in Complexo de Alemão voiced their concerns to Rio de Janeiro’s public defenders and state government about their precarious situation following evictions, […]
Clique aqui para Português Since winning the Olympic bid in 2009 and hosting the 2014 World Cup, the city of Rio de Janeiro has gone through immense urban transformations that have disrupted and changed the […]
For the original in Portuguese by Melissa Cannabrava, published in Voz das Comunidades, click here. “We only want what was promised!” The hundreds of families that were removed from the community known as Favelinha da […]
Victims of the City government’s broken promises of housing in Complexo do Alemão spoke out at an event held in the community by Rio de Janeiro’s Public Defender’s Office on Saturday May 23. The Public Defender’s Office exists […]