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‘Quilombo das Guerreiras’ Occupation Threatened by Trump Towers Development

By Léo Lima • Translation by Nate Lawrence • March 16, 2013

For original post by community journalist Léo Lima in Portuguese on Favela em Foco, click here. Last Saturday afternoon, March 9th, people mobilized around the issues of housing and the Right to the City met […]

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Demolition in Beira Rio, Manguinhos: Resistance Amidst the Rubble

By Felicity Clarke • March 13, 2013

Yesterday morning, Tuesday March 13th, a demolition crew contracted by the Rio de Janeiro State government arrived at the Beira Rio community in Manguinhos in Rio’s North Zone to demolish vacated houses as part of an […]

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Four Examples of Resistance

By Maíra Mathias, Raquel Júnia, Raquel Torres • Translation by Rachel Fox • March 11, 2013

For the original article by Maíra Mathias, Raquel Júnia and Raquel Torres in Portuguese, click here. There was a community hampering Rio de Janeiro making itself beautiful for tourists coming to the 2014 World Cup and […]

#EvictionsWatch

Favela do Metrô’s Slow Eviction Continues

By Nathan Siegel • February 22, 2013

Clique aqui para Português Over two years after the eviction of Favela Metrô-Mangueira, also known as Favela do Metrô, began in November 2010–to make way for what was rumored to be a car park to accompany […]

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What moves Rio State Governor, Sérgio Cabral, against the Indians?

By Marcelo Auler • Translation by Laura Ribeiro Rodrigues Pereira • January 16, 2013

For original article in Jornal do Brasil click here. On Saturday, January 12, a scene unfolded in Rio de Janeiro which to the untrained eye appeared anachronistic to the 21st Century: a heavily armed battalion […]

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