Clique aqui para Português View original article in Portuguese here. Article by Raquel Rolnik, Special Rapporteur to the UN on Adequate Housing. Researchers from IPEA, the Institute for Applied Economic Research, recently published a study that suggests that […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the second of four articles about the cluster of favelas in Curicica, Jacarepaguá that are awaiting urban integration projects through the Morar Carioca upgrading program. A community that breathes. Carlos Alberto “Bezerra” Costa, […]
Clique aqui para Português Since October 2009 when Rio was selected to host the 2016 Olympics, more than 8,000 people have been evicted from their homes. Tens of thousands more are expected. Forced eviction should not […]
“Many people see the end of us, but I see the start,” said Inalva Mendes Brito, a Vila Autódromo resident at last weekend’s meeting in the community’s quad. In their fight against eviction, the community […]
While the Rio+20 UN conference may have disappointed many, its opening day marked a turning point for Vila Autódromo, the West Zone community situated just meters from where the conference took place. Last Wednesday, an […]