Clique aqui para Português The first Quilombo Alert meeting, held by the Justice Forum and AQUILERJ (the Quilombo Association of Rio de Janeiro), took place on October 25 at the Sacopã Quilombo. The Sacopã Quilombo […]
Clique aqui para Português If hills could speak, Morro do Tuiuti (Tuiuti Hill) would have a lot to say. It has borne witness to many of Rio de Janeiro’s key physical and social transformations over […]
Clique aqui para Português August 9, 2013–In a meeting today, the second in one week with residents and supporters of the community, Mayor Eduardo Paes agreed to the permanence of Vila Autódromo, a favela that […]
For the original article by Claudia Antunes in Portuguese published in Piauí click here (subscribers only). An account of the residents’ movement in Rio de Janeiro’s first favela in an era of sporting mega-events and political […]
Clique aqui para Português Right now in Rio, favela residents across the city are being forced out of their homes and communities. Tens of thousands of families are having to leave their self-built homes, often […]