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  • Update On The Forced Removal of Favelas In Rio de Janeiro: May 3, 2010

    On Friday May 1st 2010, aka May Day, community leaders, favela residents, public defenders, engineers, architects, leaders of non-profit organizations, and religious leaders converged in front of Rio de Janeiro’s City Hall in what turned out to be a peaceful and important event. Despite the rather low turnout the event was significant for a number…

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  • Update On the Forced Removal of Favelas In Rio de Janeiro: April 28, 2010

    On Wednesday, April 21st 2010, Community leaders and residents of several slums in Rio de Janeiro met with public defenders, engineers and architects, leaders of non-profit organizations, representatives from the Pastoral de Favelas, and at least one journalist from the São Paulo newspaper Estadão. The meeting was the first Assembly that included all of the…

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  • Summary of the Situation Occurring In Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas After The Historic Rains of Early April 2010

    The Tragedy: Torrential rainstorms hit Rio de Janeiro beginning April 5th 2010, lasting through April 8th, triggering landslides that devastated many areas of the city. The landslides left hundreds dead/disappeared and roughly 12,000 thousands more homeless. In Rocinha 3 people died as a result of the rains/landslides, 2 of them in Laboriaux. Several houses were…

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  • Carta Aberta Dos Moradores da Rocinha de 14 de Abril 2010

    Carta Aberta dos Moradores da Rocinha de 14 de abril 2010 Nós, moradores da Rocinha, denunciamos a todos a forma autoritária e aterrorizante como a prefeitura do Rio vem anunciando a completa remoção dos moradores da região do Laboriaux e, agora, também da região Dionéia, após as recentes chuvas e quedas de encostas que fizeram…

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  • Forced Removal of 8 “Areas of Risk” In Rio de Janeiro

    After the torrential rains that began on April 6th 2010, and the tragic mudslides which left many dead and thousands more homeless, the Municipal Government of Rio de Janeiro, led by mayor Eduardo Paes, said the city would immediately remove some 4,000 families from eight slums in high-risk areas and provide them with a monthly…

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  • Relief Effort in Rocinha, Rio de Janerio After The Mudslides

    As many of you may already know Rio de Janeiro recently experienced its heaviest rains in 44 years. As a result hundreds have died and thousands have been left injured and homeless. In the community we live and work in, Rocinha, there are several areas that are seriously affected by flooding, landslides, collapsed infrastructure, smashed…

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  • Fall Newsletter

    Friends and Family of Mundo Real, These past several months have been exciting for Mundo Real, as we’ve seen our team in both Brazil and the US change and grow. Throughout this development we maintain our commitment to the community, keeping much of the decision making at the local level. However, in accordance with our…

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  • LATEST NEWS

    September 2010 Mundo Real has been at the forefront of the movement against forced-evictions in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas since the threats from Mayor Eduardo Paes’ administration first surfaced in early April of this year. We provided regular updates from April and May. During June, July and August we focused our energy mainly on producing…

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  • Current Activities (Keeping You Up To Date With Mundo Real)

    At this time Mundo Real is focusing primarily on long-term organizational development which involves community-based education and research programs. We are continuing our past services but on a smaller scale. The scale back is a result of our current fiscal situation, as well as a result of strategic decisions made by the Mundo Real leadership…

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