The October 2 municipal elections produced exciting results for Rio de Janeiro’s City Council. Several candidates featured in the multiparty campaign Vereadores Que Queremos (City Councillors We Want) were elected to office, including two favela-born candidates, Marielle […]
Clique aqui para Português With municipal elections fast approaching, Rio voters need to choose from the 11 candidates running for mayor. Despite very different proposals, the challenges facing the post-Olympics city management are the same for everyone, […]
Clique aqui para Português As Rio’s mayoral candidates enter their final week of campaigning ahead of the 2016 election on October 2, we take a look here at the proposals for social housing. Of the […]
Clique aqui para Português When following the news of political tumult coming out of Brasília this year, many international observers have likely found themselves struggling to wade through a sea of acronyms. This is because […]
Clique aqui para Português Most of Rio de Janeiro’s mayoral candidates pay lip service to the city’s favelas somewhere in their housing policy proposals, but of Rio’s 11 mayoral candidates only five have offered specific proposals […]