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Update: Brazil Land Regularization Law Passed Amidst Debate One-Size-Fits-All Titling Policy

Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday July 11, President Michel Temer sanctioned law 13,465 / 2017, based on what was previously a provisional measure, MP 759, which deals [...]

July 28, 2017

History of Urban Renewal ‘Project Rio’ in Maré Part 1: A Siren’s Song

Clique aqui para Português This is the first article in a three-part series on the history of the Projeto Rio urban renewal program in Maré, from 1979-1981. On the [...]

June 29, 2017

Brazil’s New Law on Land Regularization: A Step Forward or Back?

Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, May 31, the Brazilian Senate approved Provisional Measure 759/2016 (MP 759), which deals with land regularization for rural, urban [...]

June 14, 2017

Debate Denounces Temer’s Change to Land Regularization Law MP759

Clique aqui para Português On December 22, 2016, President Michel Temer revised a law that specifically regularizes urban and rural land owned by the federal government, [...]

June 12, 2017

Brazil’s New Land Regularization Law: A Territorial Attack on Several Fronts

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Luciana Bedeschi and Paulo Romeiro in Portuguese published by Nexo click here. What is being sold as an attempt to [...]

March 13, 2017

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