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Coops and Other Self-Managed Collective Housing Strengthen Community Practices in Latin American Cities

By Pedro Lima • Translation by Staff • August 16, 2024

Clique aqui para Português This article summarizes some of the findings from the ongoing doctoral study ‘Collective Ownership and Housing Self-Management in Latin America: Contemporary Challenges and Horizons,’ by Pedro Lima, advised by Professor Raquel […]

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Rio de Janeiro’s First Housing Cooperative: Explore the History of Shangri-lá In Taquara, Jacarepaguá, West Zone

By Felipe Litsek, Patricia Fernandez • Translation by Staff • November 18, 2023

Clique aqui para Português In the neighborhood of Taquara, in Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone, nestled in a place popularly known as Boiuna, on the edge of a local river, a small community lives out […]

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From City of God to the Baixada Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro Residents Fought Out-of-School Rates During the Pandemic

By Beatriz Carvalho • Translation by Constance Malleret • July 28, 2022

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Center for Critical Studies in Language, Education, and Society (NECLES), at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), to produce articles […]

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The Importance of Community Organizing in Community Land Trusts Across the World

By Felipe Litsek • Translation by Sofi-Nicole Barreiro, Staff • April 5, 2022

Clique aqui para Português The “CLTs and Community Organizing” webinar closed the 2021 International Community Land Trust Festival on December 7, 2021, with participation from CLT leaders in the United States, England, Belgium and Puerto […]

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Community Land Trusts in Latin America: Dialogues Between Brazil and Puerto Rico

By Felipe Litsek, Rebeca Landeiro • Translation by Clau Guimarães • December 7, 2021

Clique aqui para Português As part of the activities of the 2021 Urban Circuit and of the first ever International CLT Festival, the Favela Community Land Trust Project (F-CLT)* and Fideicomiso de la Tierra Caño […]

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