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Residents of Parque Carioca Relocation Housing Express Discontent After Move from Vila Autódromo [IMAGES]

By RioOnWatch Editorial • May 31, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Built to house the residents removed from Vila Autódromo and costing R$105 million (US$30 million), Parque Carioca has been used extensively by Mayor Eduardo Paes’ administration as a model example of the Minha […]

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After Years Waiting, Desperately Needed Sewerage May Finally Arrive in Pica-Pau

By Sabrina Norris • May 6, 2016

Clique aqui para Português In early April 2016, Pica-Pau Neighborhood Association President Irenaldo Honorio da Silva was told the City would finally launch the community’s long-awaited Morar Carioca favela upgrading projects on Sunday, April 3. But the plans were […]

#HousingWatch

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. […]

Photo by Bento Fabio
#CommunityMedia

Morro do Adeus Residents Restore Road Through Collective Action Mutirão

By Marcella Melo • Translation by Wendy Turner • February 2, 2016

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Marcella Melo published in Voz das Comunidades click here.  After years requesting improvements to Horácio Piccorelli Road, residents have decided to fund the work out of their […]

#ParticipationWatch

Women in Manguinhos and Caju Map Violence in Their Communities

By David Robertson • December 19, 2015

Clique aqui para Português Wednesday marked the launch of the publication of urban mapping done by more than 30 women in the Caju and Manguinhos favelas in Rio’s North Zone with guidance from well-respected historic NGO FASE, the […]

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