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The Ghost of Evictions Past Returns to Haunt the Estradinha Favela

By Jaqueline Suarez • Translation by Clau Guimarães • August 21, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of ongoing coverage by RioOnWatch of forced evictions in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, despite these communities’ historic consolidation and acquired legal rights. The threat of eviction has […]

Ana Santos. Photo: CEM in Serra da Misericórdia, in Rio de Janeiro's North Zone.
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Organic Food as a Human Right: Rio de Janeiro Favelas Organize for Food Sovereignty During Covid-19

By Sophie-Anne Monplaisir • July 20, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This is our most recent article on Covid-19 and its impact on the favelas. It’s also part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies […]

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Four Eviction Tactics Used by Rio Authorities, and How Favela Residents Have Fought Back

By Anna Jönsson • July 18, 2018

Clique aqui para Português As of 2015, the City of Rio’s own data showed that 22,059 families (an estimated 77,000 individuals) across the city had been evicted from their homes since 2009, whether in the […]

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Public Defenders Office Hosts Panel of Attorneys and Favela Leaders to Discuss Resistance to Evictions 2007-2011

By Laura Bachmann • November 3, 2016

Clique aqui para Português As part of the release of The Resistance Against the Removal of Favelas in Rio de Janeiro, a book organized by Alexandre Mendes and Giuseppe Cocco, the Rio de Janeiro Public […]

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‘Olympic Favela’ Exhibition Shows Powerful Portraits of Olympic Evictees [IMAGES]

By Meg Healy • January 28, 2016

Clique aqui para Português A new art exhibition in Rio de Janeiro explores the effects of forced evictions in preparation for the upcoming Olympics. The project “Olympic Favela” by photographer Marc Ohrem-Leclef includes a collection of photographs and a […]

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