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“My House, My Life, Is Here.” Residents of Fishing Community Praia do Sossego, Niterói Resist Eviction

By Ava Rose Hoffman • July 20, 2015

Twelve residents—all composing a single extended family of subsistence fishermen—occupy three small houses in Praia do Sossego. The beach lies along the coast of Niterói, the city just across the Guanabara Bay to the east of Rio […]

Quilombo Sacomã leadership present the case to INCRA anthropologist.
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Quilombo Alert: Meeting Discusses the Future of Quilombos

By Thaís Rosa Pinheiro • Translation by Tom Winterbottom • November 8, 2013

Clique aqui para Português The first Quilombo Alert meeting, held by the Justice Forum and AQUILERJ (the Quilombo Association of Rio de Janeiro), took place on October 25 at the Sacopã Quilombo. The Sacopã Quilombo […]

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Advisory Council and Traditional Peoples in Pedra Branca State Park Question Removals Planned by INEA

By Roseli Franco • Translation by Luana Gama • February 4, 2013

Clique aqui para Português The Pedra Branca State Park was created in 1974 and covers 10% of Rio’s municipal territory, giving it the title of largest Conservation Unit (UC) in the municipality and making it […]

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