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 […]
Clique aqui para Português Nearly two months after Rio de Janeiro’s storms of April 8—the most intense in 22 years—residents of the city’s largest single favela, Rocinha, are still dealing with the aftermath of a […]
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 […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the fourth article in a six-part series that comprises the book chapter entitled “Not Everyone Has a Price: How the Small Favela of Vila Autódromo’s Fight Opened a Path to Olympic […]
On Friday, August 3, the Parliamentary Front Against Removals, Evictions, and the Violation of the Right to Housing hosted a public debate entitled “Housing Rights and the Fight Against Evictions” at City Hall. With over […]