Horto Resists: Historic Community in Jardim Botânico Fights to Remain
As the rain started to pour on Tuesday evening, May 28th, around 80 residents from the Horto community protested at the gates of Rio’s Jardim Botânico (Botanical [...]
May 2013
Community Solutions in the Absence of Morar Carioca in Pica-Pau
For the past five years, Irenaldo Honório da Silva, president of the Pica-Pau Residents’ Association, has helped to organize his community in Rio’s North Zone for a [...]
The Port’s Discontents
For the original article by Claudia Antunes in Portuguese published in Piauí click here (subscribers only). An account of the residents’ movement in Rio de Janeiro’s [...]
Bandeira 1 Calls For Aid Not Demolition After Fire Leaves Hundreds Homeless
At around 11am on Wednesday May 15th, Maria de Conceição, 57, was taking a shower in her wood and corrugated iron home in the Bandeira 1 favela in Del Castilho, North Zone, [...]
World Cup/Olympics Popular Committee Releases New Mega-Events and Human Rights Violations Dossier
“Of course we’re talking about much more than a sporting event,” stated Orlando Santos Junior. “We are talking about a city project, a project of urban re-structuring [...]