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From Icon to Dust: 100 Years Since the Destruction of Downtown Rio de Janeiro’s Morro do Castelo

By Antônio Bispo, Arthur Peluso, Barbara Gigante, Flávio Moraes, Mayara Tosta, Wladimir Valladares • Translation by Staff • February 12, 2023

Clique aqui para Português On the centenary of the demolition of Morro do Castelo, we recover the memory of this extraordinary and often forgotten geography essential to the history of Rio de Janeiro. Equipped with […]

#HousingWatch

New Paths for Building Sustainable Cities: The Potential of Collective Land Management Based on the Community Land Trust

By Felipe Litsek • Translation by Isaac Goodwin • November 27, 2022

Clique aqui para Português As part of the UN’s Urban October’s Urban Circuit 2022 and World CLT Day 2022, the Favela Community Land Trust Project* held the webinar ‘New Paths for Building Sustainable Cities: The Potential […]

#CoronavirusWatch

Amid the Pandemic, Families Evicted for World Cup Suffer New Evictions Due to Suspension of Social Rent Payments

By Jaqueline Suarez • Translation by Clau Guimarães • March 30, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article about Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. Approximately 20 people are camped out in front of the municipal government building in Cidade Nova, in the Central […]

Complexo do Alemão. Photo by Bruno Itan.
#LegacyWatch

Ten Years of ‘Pacification’ in Complexo do Alemão, According to a Favela Resident [OPINION]

By Cléber Araujo • Translation by Victoria Fiore • January 8, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is an opinion piece about the ten year anniversary of the “pacification” of Complexo do Alemão, by a local resident. On November 28, 2020, the “pacification” process of Complexo do […]

#CoronavirusWatch

Activists Celebrate 13 Years and Debate ‘The Popular Council and the Fight for Housing’

By Thomas Maggiola • July 30, 2020

Clique aqui para Português On July 16, activists involved with the Popular Council, a coalition that defends housing rights and fights evictions in Rio de Janeiro favelas, participated in a debate, broadcast live on Facebook, to […]

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