Clique aqui para Português “The Olympics are coming and the pressures of the City government are violently increasing, but a determined group of residents continues to fight for their rights. Vila Autódromo exists, resists, insists and re-exists!” –Vila […]
Clique aqui para Português Last weekend students from two universities joined residents of Vila Autódromo to revitalize the community park, or Parquinho. Participants tied colored ribbons around trees, painted the jungle gym, seesaw and swing-set, and […]
Clique aqui para Português Psychological pressures intensify in Vila Autódromo after the community’s ping pong table was demolished and children’s playground is under threat. The psychological stress on residents in Vila Autódromo, next to the 2016 Olympic Park, […]
Clique aqui para Português Today, October 31, the United Nations invites individuals, communities and countries worldwide to celebrate World Cities Day. The annual event was developed in 2013 with the aim to “promote the international community’s […]
Residents of Vila União de Curicica, a West Zone neighborhood about 1km from the future Olympic site that is being threatened with one of the largest evictions yet announced for the 2016 Olympics, have been […]