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Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) Installations Part 2: 2010-2011

By Patrick Ashcroft • February 7, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This is Part 2 in a five-part series documenting Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) Installations. If the first six implementations can be described as the honeymoon period of the Pacifying Police Unit (UPP), […]

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The Port, Gateway to Rio, Part 1: The Historic Whitening

By Eduarda Araujo • Translation by Elizabeth Gladding • January 12, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This is the first of a two-part series on Rio de Janeiro’s Port Zone. “The Port Zone will be the gateway to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics:” Since the port revitalization projects […]

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From Valongo to Favela: Exhibition Connects Slave Past With Favelas Today [SLIDESHOW]

By Elma Gonzalez • January 9, 2015

Clique aqui para Português The Rio Museum of de Art’s (MAR) primary ongoing exhibition of 2014 From Valongo to Favela: The Imaginary and the Periphery opened its doors last May to showcase the history of Rio de […]

#EvictionsWatch

EcoModa in Fogueteiro: Urgent Call for Donations Following Fashion Project’s Eviction

By Nicole Froio • December 16, 2014

Clique aqui para Português Every weekday morning, ten women sit learning how to sew and design clothes in a basement in Morro do Fogueteiro, in Santa Teresa, Center of Rio. Through the project EcoModa, they have been […]

Manoel Congo occupation celebrates seven years
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Manoel Congo Occupation Celebrates 7th Anniversary

By Francis Torres • November 8, 2014

Clique aqui para Português Activists, students and community members gathered last Sunday November 2 at Rua Alcindo Guanabara in Cinelândia, Central Rio, to celebrate the 7th anniversary of the Manoel Congo occupation. Organized and led […]

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