Original article published here by Inês Nin of OverMundo: This city does not belong to you anymore. The Mayor has changed the rules, your neighbourhood is now far away, and there is a multi-million real development plan in […]
August 30, 2011–Vila Autódromo remains in all phases of the project, see top left corner of the “Olympic Site Triangle:” 2016 2018 2030
Though favela evictions are not new to the city of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Valmin de Sousa was taken by surprise when City officials came to his house on June 28 and handed him a […]
On Friday June 10th, the UPP (Pacifying Policy Unit) Social [program] hosted a public meeting on Praça Américo Brum in the historic neighborhood of Morro da Providência. Home to over 5,500 residents in 1,720 households, […]
Officials from City Government and the Justice Department showed up at Ricelia Fernandes’ home in Pavão/Pavãozinho, a community in Copacabana, the heart of the South Zone, last Friday June 10th, 2011, at 5pm with a […]