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After the House Was Torn Down

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Ciro Barros in Portuguese published in Pública click here. “They don’t destroy just the house. They destroy that person’s entire life, their plans, and projects,” states Elisângela […]

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The Story of Dona Maria

Clique aqui para Português Maria Garcez looked on devastated as City workers demolished her home in Favela do Metrô on November 4th, 2010. Her image accompanied RioOnWatch’s first report on the brutal eviction of the community […]

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The Story of Dona Rita

Clique aqui para Português For 12 years, Dona Rita Maria Barbosa, 56, kept an organic garden supplying her local community in Colônia Juliano Moreira (in Jacarepaguá, West Zone) with fresh fruit and vegetables and teaching […]