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Rains in Rio: The Story That Got Lost Between Carnival and the Military Intervention

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Melinda Gurr • April 16, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Monday, February 5 The end-of-summer rains began in Rio, without major structural impacts. Remaining fairly light, they were a cause for celebration as they led to cooler temperatures. Cecília Oliveira, a […]

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83% of Families Made Homeless in Niterói in 2010 Are Still Without Homes

By Leonardo Sodré • Translation by Carolyn Oliveira • May 11, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Leonardo Sodré in Portuguese published by O Globo click here. Six years after the storm, the calm is still far from arriving. Of the 3,200 families displaced in the […]

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Threat of Landslides and Collapsing Houses in Pica-Pau Ignored by Authorities

By Sabrina Norris • April 24, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Carina dos Santos Domingos lives with her daughter and two-year-old granddaughter on one of Pica-Pau’s main roads. Their humble home was built on the top of a small hill right by the road. […]

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Five Years After Tragedy: Rain, Memories and Fear in Morro do Bumba, Niterói

By Gustavo Maia • Translation by Margó Hufstetler • April 22, 2015

For the original in Portuguese with video, by Gustavo Maia, published in UOL Notícias, click here. It rained for a few hours on the morning of Tuesday April 7. While looking at the cloudy sky from her porch […]

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