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[ June 18, 2022 ] Memory as an Instrument of Struggle for Rio de Janeiro’s Favela Museums Civil Society
[ June 9, 2022 ] Movements and Organizations Talk About Energy, Climate Justice in Preparation for the Popular Conference on the Right to the City *Highlight
[ June 1, 2022 ] Video Press Release: Rio de Janeiro’s Cleanest Sewage Is in the Favela! Vale Encantado Establishes a Biosystem for Sewage Treatment and Solar Panels *Highlight
[ May 30, 2022 ] ‘There Are Many More in the Woods!’ Say Favela Residents Following Massacre That Killed 23 #VoicesFromSocialMedia *Highlight
[ May 27, 2022 ] Funk as a Humanitarian Tool in Rio’s Favelas *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 […]