On Friday, August 3, the Parliamentary Front Against Removals, Evictions, and the Violation of the Right to Housing hosted a public debate entitled “Housing Rights and the Fight Against Evictions” at City Hall. With over […]
Clique aqui para Português On the evening of Wednesday, August 8, hundreds of spectators packed the Galpão Bela Maré community center for the first-ever “Master of the Peripheries” award ceremony. The award is dedicated to “stimulate […]
Clique aqui para Português In 2013, the lights were shut off in Vila Hípica, a community settled high in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca National Park in Alto da Boa Vista. Approximately five years later, […]
Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, July 25, a different type of fight took place in the martial arts gym of the nonprofit organization Fight for Peace: a fight against violence and discrimination against Afro-Brazilian women. […]
Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday, July 17, five families received a federal eviction order in Rádio Sonda, a community of 103 families located near Rio’s International Airport on Ilha do Governador in the North Zone. Military authorities proceeded to enter […]