Clique aqui para Português Bairro Carioca, one of Rio de Janeiro’s flagship Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV, or My House My Life) housing projects, is frequently referenced by local officials as exemplifying transit-oriented and highly affordable public […]
Clique aqui para Português Versão em português Early Tuesday morning, January 8, representatives from the City arrived unannounced at Favela do Metrô-Mangueira to demolish homes, causing panic and despair amongst the hundreds of people currently […]
For the original report by Alessandro Lo-Bianco in O Dia in Portuguese click here. Inaugurated less than a year ago, and the apple of Mayor Eduardo Paes’ eye, the neighborhood receives families evicted from many […]