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[ May 13, 2022 ] “Integrated City?!” New Year, Same Old Politics #InterventionWatch
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[ April 30, 2022 ] Best and Worst International Reporting on Rio’s Favelas: 2021 [EDITORIAL] #MediaWatch
[ April 27, 2022 ] What Does Rain Have to Do With Climate Change and How Does All This Affect Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas? #HousingWatch

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)*, […]

House in the community to the left, and condominium to the right.

Trapicheiros, a Century-old Favela in Tijuca is the Victim of Prejudiced Attacks and a Traumatic Fire

By Felipe Litsek, Tomás Aboim • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • August 19, 2020

Clique aqui para Português The Trapicheiros community, a small favela of 52 families located near the larger Morro do Salgueiro favela in Tijuca, in the North Zone of Rio, was almost the victim of a […]