The UPP Causes Real Estate Hikes in Rio Cirilo Junior Rio Real Estate properties located in neighborhoods that are patrolled by Pacifying Police Units (UPP) will double in value, according to Secovi Rio, Rio’s Housing Union. Car insurance costs have dropped since the installation of UPP units, and there is talk of extending the program…
On Friday, February 25th Favela residents, protesting the illegalities of proposed forced evictions, gathered in front of Rio de Janeiro’s State Public Defenders Office to let their voices be heard in solidarity. Protesters and residents were joined by a collection of public interest organizations, and local community action groups, with the intent of voicing their…
Each person has to be filled with strength, love and courage when leaving home to help others. Residents from all around came in the middle of the flames to save the lives of others. Amid the flames, women, children, adults in Macega were crying in despair, seeing their homes turning into ashes. Everyone was waiting for…
Voices from the Community; Bridging the Divide Brazil and Rio de Janeiro were awarded the 2014 Fifa World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, causing eruptions of celebration throughout the country, especially in Rio. Being chosen host of these mega-events has been widely rejoiced within Brazil, the first country in South America to host the…
Mundo Real emerged from the idea of combining our considerable experience living in Rocinha with our significant knowledge of other marginalized urban communities. Most of Mundo Real’s team was either born in these urban environments or has lived significant time in them. This organic knowledge together with years of studying urbanization, inequality, human rights, sustainable…
Mundo Real has been increasingly working in the area known as Macega, which is the poorest section of Rocinha. Virtually all of Macega’s residents want to be re-settled, particularly in upper Macega where approximately 200 family reside in subhuman living conditions. Residents know they are living in an area at extreme risk of natural disaster…
The elections are over in Brazil. Dilma Rouseff of the Worker’s Party (PT) comfortably won the Presidency, although the election had to go to a second round. She is Brazil’s first female president. Like most political leaders, she has been both praised and criticized. Dilma was handpicked by Lula to succeed his two term presidency.…
Since the April rains that ushered in so many changes in Rio de Janeiro Mundo Real has been increasingly engaged in media projects. It became frustratingly apparent that the mainstream media in Brazil does not cover the issues facing communities like Rocinha, such as forced evictions, from the perspective of local residents. A simple analysis…
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