Clique aqui para Português We, participants in the Second National Seminar on Favela Upgrading, held from November 23-26, 2016, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, understand that the urgency of Brazil’s current financial, fiscal, and economic […]
Clique aqui para Português Horto is a favela community in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro that has existed for over 200 years. The community, which was founded by former Botanical Gardens workers who […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the second 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 second report, […]
Clique aqui para Português On November 7, the Military Police arrived at the Horto community in the Jardim Botânico neighborhood in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro at around 6am to evict Marcelo de Souza and his […]
Clique aqui para Português On Sunday, October 23, the second National Forum of Citizenship and Poverty took place, promoted by the NGO TETO in various Brazilian cities where it operates. In Rio de Janeiro, the event […]