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The Degradation of Rio de Janeiro’s Urban Wetlands, Part 4: Utility Provider Iguá to Invest Billions in the Region’s Sewage Treatment

By Felipe Migliani, Fernanda Calé • Translation by Yasmin Quaife • November 30, 2022

Clique aqui para Português This is the final in a series of four articles about the “Degradation of the Pantanal Carioca,” as Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone wetlands were once known.  With a R$7.29 billion (US$1.36 […]

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The Degradation of Rio de Janeiro’s Urban Wetlands, Part 1: Dilemmas of Urban Planning and the History of the Baixada de Jacarepaguá

By Felipe Migliani, Fernanda Calé • Translation by Yasmin Quaife • November 15, 2022

Clique aqui para Português This is the first in a series of four articles about the “Degradation of the Pantanal Carioca,” as Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone wetlands were once known.  “To allow for its […]

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‘Integrated City?!’ New Year, Same Old Politics

By Julio Santos Filho • Translation by Trisha Ponti • May 13, 2022

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch’s #VoicesFromSocialMedia series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise. For the Jacarezinho favela, in Rio […]

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In Three Months, Rio de Janeiro Print Media Published 80 Negative Cover Stories About Favelas

By Michel Silva • Translation by Ben Bildsten • November 6, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Michel Silva published in Favela em Pauta click here. No one buys print newspapers anymore because they only print bad news. This assertion makes […]

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Insufficient Response from Authorities Means Rio Favelas Still Reeling from April Floods

By Edmund Ruge • May 13, 2019

Clique aqui para Português One month ago, record rainfall devastated Rio de Janeiro. The torrential downpour lasted through the night of April 8 and continued into the following day, flooding houses and triggering fatal landslides […]

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