For original article in Portuguese on Yahoo! click here. Article by Raquel Rolnik, Special Rapporteur to the UN on Adequate Housing. At this point, it does not take writing a thesis or doctoral dissertation to identify the profound […]
For original article in Jornal do Brasil click here. On Saturday, January 12, a scene unfolded in Rio de Janeiro which to the untrained eye appeared anachronistic to the 21st Century: a heavily armed battalion […]
Clique aqui para Português Opinion piece written by Theresa Williamson, City Planner and Executive Director of Catalytic Communities, for the Folha de São Paulo newspaper. Click here for Portuguese original. Article accompanied Folha piece on evictions at Favela […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Raquel Rolnik, Special Rapporteur to the UN on Adequate Housing, in Portuguese click here. On Wednesday, August 16, 2012, residents of the community of Vila Autodromo, in Rio […]
With last night’s closing ceremonies in London, another Olympic Games has come and gone. The multi-pronged torch has been extinguished. The official Olympic Flag has been passed to the hands of Rio’s mayor Eduardo Paes. […]