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Comparing Candidates: How Haddad and Bolsonaro Will Approach Favelas

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • October 27, 2018

Clique aqui para Português  Brazilians voting in the presidential run-off election tomorrow, Sunday, October 28 are presented with a choice between two candidates with very different policies on housing and upgrading in favelas and security […]

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Favelas Respond to Military with ‘Truth Commission,’ Safety Guidelines, Demands for Dialogue

By Marina Lang • Translation by Cara D’Rosario • March 19, 2018

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Marina Lang published by UOL Notícias on March 2, 2018, click here. One of the biggest concerns of administrative assistant Angélica Moraes, 36, regarding this […]

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One Year to Go to the Olympics Roundup: Evictions, Gentrification, Public Security & Environment

By Nicole Froio • August 5, 2015

Clique aqui para Português Since winning the Olympic bid in 2009 and hosting the 2014 World Cup, the city of Rio de Janeiro has gone through immense urban transformations that have disrupted and changed the […]

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Tense Week Introduces New Policy of “Lightning Evictions” Across Rio Favelas

By Sarah Jacobs • June 8, 2015

Click Here for English In Santa Marta in Rio’s South Zone, Vila Autódromo near the Olympic Park in the West Zone, and Favela do Metrô in the North Zone, a series of “lightning evictions”–forced evictions with little or no […]

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In Tavares Bastos, World-Famous Bar The MAZE Faces Demolition

By Brooke Parkin • May 15, 2015

The world-famous jazz bar, The MAZE, in the Tavares Bastos favela in Rio’s South Zone neighborhood of Catete, has been marked for demolition by the City of Rio. The MAZE, founded by BBC correspondent Bob Nadkarni in 1981, has […]

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    By Jaqueline Suarez • Translation by Saskia Wright • August 1, 2021

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