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President Dilma at the construction launch of MCMV housing in São Paulo in March 2013. Photo by Roberto Stuckert Filho/PR

Despite Questions, Presidential Candidates Lean on Federal Housing Program for Electoral Support

In 2009, a new federal housing program, Minha Casa Minha Vida (MCMV) or My Life My House, redirected resources for housing and local development in urban Brazil [...]

October 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

Protest against World Cup spending. Photo by Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil

Gaffney on World Cup Challenges to Urban Governance in Brazil

In addition to concerns over public money spent on stadiums and other infrastructure, the World Cup has raised a host of issues that fundamentally challenge urban governance [...]

June 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

Community Pride & Continued Resistance Against Eviction in Horto

Since the decision of the Federal Minister of the Environment, Izabella Teixera, in May last year to redefine the limits of Rio’s Botanical Gardens and remove 520 [...]

June 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

Federal Government to Reassess Repossessions in Horto, Jardim Botânico

For the original in Portuguese in O Dia click here. Uproar as the first repossessions commence in the area disputed by 621 families. Rio–The Brazilian Federal Government [...]

May 7, 2014 // 0 Comments

Bolsa Família and the Feminist Revolution in the Sertão

For the original article in Marie Claire in Portuguese click here. Over the past five years anthropologist Walquiria Domingues Leão Rêgo has witnessed a change in behavior [...]

January 14, 2013 // 0 Comments