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1000 Rio das Pedras Residents Take Over Cinelândia and Stand Up to Eviction at City Council Hearing

Clique aqui para Português Rio de Janeiro’s City Council building was packed on Friday, October 6 as politicians and residents discussed Mayor Crivella’s plan to [...]

October 9, 2017

Popular Council Delivers Declaration Demanding Changes to Rio Mayor’s Strategic Plan

Clique aqui para Português The Popular Council, composed of residents of diverse favelas across Rio de Janeiro together with the Catholic Church’s Pastoral das [...]

October 5, 2017

The Avoidance of Popular and Favela Participation in Rio’s Strategic Planning

Clique aqui para Português The Organic Law of Rio de Janeiro requires the municipal administration to develop a Strategic Plan for its term in power, and furthermore, to [...]

September 30, 2017

Resistance in Laboriaux, Rocinha, in Light of the Olympic Legacy of Removals

Clique aqui para Português The recent reconfiguration of Rio de Janeiro into an Olympic city directly compromised its inhabitants’ housing rights through the forced [...]

September 14, 2017

Boat Ride for a Living Guanabara Bay Calls Attention to Defining Element of Rio’s Iconic Landscape

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday, diverse groups interested in the cleanup of the Guanabara Bay came together for a boat ride in support of the bay’s fishermen. [...]

August 10, 2017

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