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Maré Cracklands: Three Years of Neglect by the Authorities

By Thaís Cavalcante • Translation by Cara D’Rosario • November 11, 2014

Clique aqui para Português The government is proving incapable of facing an enormous and challenging public health problem: drug abuse. State and municipal neglect in  Nova Holanda, one of the 16 favelas that make up Maré, has […]

#Rio2016

Community Leaders in Campo Grande Propose New Alternative for Youth Athletic Development

By Francis Torres • September 25, 2014

Around 30 community members and volunteers met on the morning of Saturday September 20 in Campo Grande‘s Santa Margarida neighborhood in the first of a series of meetings to discuss the launching of a new cross-community […]

Galpão de antiga fábrica de tecidos está lotada de barracos desde março (Foto: Henrique Coelho/G1)
#EvictionsWatch

‘Nova Tuffy’: Two Thousand Await Eviction for Repossession of Factory in Alemão

By G1 • Translation by Kayla Boisvert • September 22, 2014

For the original article in Portuguese by Henrique Coelho published in G1, click here. One of the access ways to Complexo do Alemão, in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, has been home to nearly […]

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#NaoVaiTerCopa: From Social Media to the Streets

By Benjamin Parkin • June 15, 2014

Few would have imagined in 2007, when Brazil won its bid to host the World Cup, that the controversy surrounding use of public money, corruption and militarization would have unfolded as it did. A Fifa […]

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Today’s Telerj Eviction: A New Favela Dies, as Quickly as It’s Born

By Nick Pope • April 11, 2014

Clique aqui para Português Thousands of families have been occupying the abandoned ex-Telerj complex in Engenho Novo, North Zone, where new arrivals have been claiming residence since Sunday March 30. The occupation involves over 8,000 […]

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