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Resistance and Court Orders in Providência: A Resident Update

By Roberto Marinho • Translation by Rachel Fox • September 22, 2013

Clique aqui para Português The injunction that froze the Morar Carioca construction projects in Providência (the site of an intense battle over forced evictions on the site of Rio’s first, and most historic, favela) was […]

The Story of a Family from Morro da Providência

By Roberto Marinho • Translation by Rachel Fox • December 4, 2012

Clique aqui para Português This is the story of my family from Morro da Providência. Despite the city’s repeated interference, we have managed to stay in the same place since we arrived here. And so […]