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[ January 31, 2023 ] Anielle Franco: From Maré’s Alleyways to Minister of Racial Equality Democracy
[ January 27, 2023 ] ‘Let’s Walk Together’: Brazilian Minister of Racial Equality Anielle Franco’s Inauguration Speech in Full #MarielleLegacy
[ January 25, 2023 ] Rio’s Urban Peripheries Literary Festival Comes to Maré and Pays Homage to Marielle Franco, Lima Barreto and Pai Santana *Highlight
[ January 23, 2023 ] 1st Festival of Social Museology Held in Rio de Janeiro: Community Museums as Tools of Resistance by International Observers
[ January 16, 2023 ] 2022 Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas [EDITORIAL] #MediaWatch

Community Land Trusts and the Struggle for the Right to the City: Dialogue on Rio and Mozambique

By Tomás Aboim • Translation by Adrian Hooper • June 11, 2021

Clique aqui para Português As part of the activities of UN-Habitat’s 2020 Urban Circuit, the Community Land Trust (CLT) Working Group held a livestreamed virtual event on October 20, 2020, facilitated by Catalytic Communities (CatComm)*, […]

Jardim Julieta Occupation, in Vila Medeiros, São Paulo's North Zone. Photo by: Léu Britto

The Daily Reality and Fear of Eviction in a Housing Occupation Caused by Covid-19 in São Paulo

By Lucas Veloso • Translation by Adrian Hooper • December 15, 2020

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of our series on Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. Dance instructor Buba Rodrigues, 32, is a victim of the pandemic. He became unemployed during quarantine […]