Clique aqui para Português Vila Autódromo, in Rio’s West Zone, is under extreme pressure of evictions from the City in preparation for the 2016 Olympics. Most residents have left, selling their houses to the City or exchanging them for […]
Clique aqui para Português On May 28, Lélio Fernandes ran home from his supermarket job to watch City workers demolish half of his house. He opened a door on the second-floor–where a bedroom and a toilet […]
Clique aqui para Português On Monday June 1, police, municipal guards and city officials crowded into the Santa Marta favela to destroy a number of homes, leaving residents confused, panicked, and without shelter due to the […]
Click Here for English In Santa Marta in Rio’s South Zone, Vila Autódromo near the Olympic Park in the West Zone, and Favela do Metrô in the North Zone, a series of “lightning evictions”–forced evictions with little or no […]
Victims of the City government’s broken promises of housing in Complexo do Alemão spoke out at an event held in the community by Rio de Janeiro’s Public Defender’s Office on Saturday May 23. The Public Defender’s Office exists […]