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Month: May 2016

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In the Favelas, Political Reform Means Guaranteeing the Right to Life

By Marcelo Castañeda • Translation by Kathleen Brauer • May 19, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Marcelo Castañeda in Portuguese published on his Lida Diária blog click here. Sometimes I have the impression that we discuss the political climate with our heads in the […]

#HousingWatch

What Does the Brazilian Constitution Say About Housing Rights?

By David Robertson • May 18, 2016

Clique aqui para Português This is the first in a series of three articles summarizing reports on Brazilian housing law, organized by the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice at request of Catalytic Communities. The first report, […]

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Heloisa Helena of Vila Autódromo Receives First Ever Dandara Award

By Stephanie Reist • May 17, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday May 11, Heloisa Helena Costa Berto, an Afro-Brazilian Candomblé priestess, also known by her Candomblé name Luizinha of Nanã, whose home and spiritual center in Vila Autódromo were demolished to make way for […]

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From Luxury Hotel to Cooperative Housing: São Paulo’s Lord Palace Hotel Occupation

By Anna Cash • May 16, 2016

Clique aqui para Português In the center of São Paulo this March, the Fight for Housing Front (FLM) celebrated a major success: the legal rights of ownership to the grandiose building that was formerly the Lord Palace […]

by International Observers

Favela Tourism: A Profile of Rocinha Guide Erik Martins

By Daniel McGill • May 14, 2016

Erik Martins has many fingers in many pies. I told him so, on the first of many nights that we spent together in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro’s largest favela, located in the city’s South Zone. […]

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