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[ March 26, 2023 ] SOS! Residents of ‘Trendy’ Vidigal Favela Once Again Threatened with Forced Evictions: Environmental Racism and State Neglect in the Face of Extreme Weather Events [IMAGES] #EvictionsWatch
[ March 25, 2023 ] Five Years After Her Political Femicide, Rio de Janeiro Has Failed to Implement Any of the Legislation Introduced by Marielle Franco #MarielleLegacy
[ March 13, 2023 ] ‘No More Floods!’ Declares Global Climate Strike Action in Rio’s Jacarezinho and Manguinhos Favelas [IMAGES] *Highlight
[ March 12, 2023 ] Rio de Janeiro’s Global Climate Strike Manifesto in English: A Call for Action from the City on Climate Change—Climate Disasters Have an Address and a Color Civil Society
[ March 8, 2023 ] Love Is Politics and Technology in the Fight Against Climate Change *Highlight

A Bridge Too Far? Land Titling For What? Debates on Favelas in Rio Speak Very Different Languages

By Ezra Spira-Cohen • September 24, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Two events held on Tuesday, September 18 demonstrated an enormous divide between groups working on issues related to favelas and favela residents in Rio de Janeiro. Both events had more than […]

The Next Big Thing: Vila Autódromo

By Renato Cosentino • Translation by Katy Bailes • October 6, 2011

To act like something still under scrutiny is decided is a well-known strategy to resolve an issue without having to systematize it. This is what (Rio’s largest daily) O Globo tried to do with its cover […]