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Interstate Cyclist from Queimados Calls for Equality of Transport Infrastructure in the Baixada

By Sophia Zaia • September 22, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Cycling activist Carlos Leandro de Oliveira, 35, says his interest in cycling began during a moment of financial struggle. “I had gone three days without receiving my salary,” he says. “I didn’t […]

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Casa Fluminense Hosts Workshop Discussing Challenges in Post-Olympic Rio

By Ciara Long • July 26, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday July 20, Rio-based public policy group Casa Fluminense, comprised of representatives of hundreds of civil society organizations across the state, held a workshop for journalists covering Rio de Janeiro after the […]

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Olympic Projects and Destruction: Ramos Left Without Public Spaces, Sidewalks, Trees and More

By Hugo Costa • Translation by Christopher Owens • July 22, 2016

Clique aqui para Português The TransCarioca Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line–an Olympic Project inaugurated two years ago–has left a trail of destruction and abandonment in the traditional neighborhood of Ramos in the Leopoldina Zone in the North […]

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Environmentalists Discuss Guanabara Bay Pollution at Book Launch

By Christopher Peel • June 26, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Thursday, June 23, environmental journalist Emanuel Alencar released his book Baía de Guanabara–Descaso e Resistência (Guanabara Bay–Neglect and Resistance) at a public launch event at the Brazilian Institute of Architects in Flamengo […]

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After Years Waiting, Desperately Needed Sewerage May Finally Arrive in Pica-Pau

By Sabrina Norris • May 6, 2016

Clique aqui para Português In early April 2016, Pica-Pau Neighborhood Association President Irenaldo Honorio da Silva was told the City would finally launch the community’s long-awaited Morar Carioca favela upgrading projects on Sunday, April 3. But the plans were […]

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