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The Social & Environmental Costs of Rio’s Olympic Golf Course

By Elena Hodges • August 22, 2014

Clique aqui para Português President of the Organizing Committee for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Carlos Nuzman recently remarked that “Rio 2016 is intensifying its relationship with society.” He continued, “The Games will leave a huge legacy for both […]

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Vila União de Curicica: From Upgrading to Removal in Two Years

By Comitê Popular do Rio • Translation by Jake Cummings • February 24, 2014

The community in the path of the TransOlímpica BRT was to be urbanized by City government For the original in Portuguese on the site for the Popular Committee on the World Cup and Olympics click here. On Saturday, […]

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A History of Favela Upgrades Part III: Morar Carioca in Vision and Practice (2008 – 2013)

By Catherine Osborn • April 2, 2013

Clique aqui para Português This is Part 3 of a three-part series on the History of Favela Upgrades in Rio. Click for Part 1 and Part 2. In Rio, the end of the 2000s brought a trickle of funding to a […]

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After Prepped for Morar Carioca, Vila União de Curicica May Face Complete Eviction

By Catherine Osborn • December 13, 2012

Clique aqui para Português Residents of Vila União de Curicica, a Jacarepaguá community until 2011 targeted to receive public upgrading projects as part of the Morar Carioca program, now hope dialogue with the Rio de […]

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Curicica Weighs in on Morar Carioca Roles and Obligations

By Catherine Osborn • October 10, 2012

Clique aqui para Português Last Monday night in Curicica, Jacarepaguá, in Rio’s West Zone, Carlos Brandão held up three blue circles cut from construction paper. “City government,” he announced to the thirty people seated encircling […]

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