Clique aqui para Português Documentary film The Fighter tells the story of Vila Autódromo, the favela that borders the Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, through the eyes […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Jessica Mota in Portuguese published by Agência Pública click here. Residents of the West Zone resettled through the Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV) federal housing program are receiving unauthorized charges […]
Clique aqui para Português Located in Rio’s West Zone, around 7km west of the newly built Olympic Park, the community of César Maia is a 22-year-old social housing complex that’s home to an incredible sociocultural project […]
Minister of Cities Bruno Araújo announced last week that the federal government will resume construction of social housing through the Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV) program in August. The program was temporarily suspended following President Dilma […]
Clique aqui para Português Almost exactly one year after the Favela da Skol in Complexo de Alemão voiced their concerns to Rio de Janeiro’s public defenders and state government about their precarious situation following evictions, […]