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Week-Long Exchange Shares Sustainable Infrastructure Strategies in New York and Rio

By Ki'Amber Thompson • March 23, 2017

Clique aqui para Português On Thursday March 16, in collaboration with Catalytic Communities, urban planning and architecture Masters students from Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute’s Programs for Sustainable Planning and Development, City and Regional Planning, and Sustainable Environmental Systems—led […]

Tribal members engage in traditional rituals during the day, with the Maracanã stadium and old Indigenous Museum in the background
#EvictionsWatch

Aldeia Maracanã Urban Indigenous Community Reclaims Olympic Parking

By Lisa Hollenbach • March 6, 2017

Clique aqui para Português An intimate group sits on two wooden benches in a parking lot. In some spots the asphalt has been removed and there are a number of indigenous bamboo constructions in beginning phases. The afternoon sun […]

#GentrificationWatch

Port Region Residents Suffer with Ceaseless Light Rail Construction #OlympicLegacyWatch

By Mariah Barber • November 28, 2016

Clique aqui para Português In 2013, construction for the Veículo Leve Sobre Trilhos (VLT) or Light Rail System, led by Rio’s Port revitalization program, Porto Maravilha’s (Marvelous Port) VLT Carioca Consortium, began throughout Rio de Janeiro’s […]

#Rio2016

Where’s the Investment? A Geographical Analysis of Rio’s Olympic Legacy

By Hugo Costa • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • July 27, 2016

Clique aqui para Português In a recent interview with The Guardian, Eduardo Paes, mayor of Rio de Janeiro, refuted allegations that Olympics investments have been concentrated only in rich parts of the city. “It’s crazy […]

#ParticipationWatch

One Day After the End of the 2016 Olympics Here in Rio… [SATIRE]

By Cléber Araujo • Translation by Desirée Poets • July 27, 2015

Clique aqui para Português The text below was written by Cléber Araújo, a resident of Complexo do Alemão in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, in July 2015 in the form of satire. August 22, 2016—We […]

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