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Community Perspectives on the Occupation of Jacarezinho and Manguinhos

By Felicity Clarke • October 15, 2012

In the early hours of Sunday morning, the favelas of Jacarezinho and Manguinhos were occupied by BOPE (Special Forces Battalion) assisted by Navy tanks, military police (PMs), civil police and Federal Highway Police aircraft in preparation for […]

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Letter from Residents of Morro da Providência to the People of Rio

By Providência Residents’ Commission and Port Community Forum • Translation by Rachel Fox • September 23, 2012

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese click here S.O.S. PROVIDÊNCIA Did you know the oldest favela in Brazil is being destroyed? Since 2009, Rio’s Port Region has been transformed into a […]

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Rio City Plan Mustn’t be Hostage of Mega-events, Warn City Planners

By Paula Adamo Idoeta • Translation by Emma Platais • September 19, 2012

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Paula Adamo Idoeta published in BBC Brasil click here. Rio’s Mayor, Eduardo Paes, has already said that the 2016 Olympics are a “wonderful excuse” to make necessary […]

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Activists Protest World Cup & Olympic Evictions

By Bernardo Tabak • Translation by Tom Winterbottom • August 17, 2012

Clique aqui para Português For original article in Portuguese in published in G1 click here. One protester said “there are a series of human rights abuses.” Asked by G1, the City’s press office has yet […]

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World Cup and Olympics: The Show and the Myth

By Raquel Rolnik • Translation by Katy Bailes • November 8, 2011

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Raquel Rolnik, UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, in Portuguese published on her blog click here. I recently spoke with the magazine Revista Pagina 22, from the Sustainability […]

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