The situation in Rio de Janeiro, and it’s preparations for the World Cup and Olympic games, is reaching a fever pitch. The forced removals have continued to go on without much of an eyebrow raised from the International Community. Though some organizations have continued fighting for the right’s of citizens in these communities their words…
The following is an interview with Raquel Rolnik – (Special Rapporteur of the United Nations (UN) on adequate housing) – by Manuela Azenha from the site Vi O Mundo. The urban planner and teacher Raquel Rolnik says that residents are the last to know, after the government decides their communities must be removed to make way for projects related to the World Cup and in the case of Rio de Janeiro, the Olympics.…
The sprawling favelas of Rio de Janeiro are home to more than a million of Brazil’s poorest citizens. Many of these shanty towns are controlled by drug gangs, and there are regular and violent confrontations with the police. But a growing number of these neighbourhoods are being taken over by what are known here as…
Though the state sponsored Minha Casa, Minha Vida housing program has seen success in other Brazilian states, the program has had its shares of issues in Rio de Janeiro. Though rumors have hampered the program, details into the types of corruption have been limited. However, Brazilian newspaper “O Globo” has published a scathing article revealing…
The FINANCIAL — Department of Science and Technology Sets Up Cisco Networking Academy Classes in Rio’s Poor Communities; Favela da Rocinha Will Be First to Offer Certifications The Rio city government, through the Department of Science and Technology, has launched an unique IT training program in the city’s most disadvantaged areas in order to help…
Reuters, Wednesday May 11, 2011 * Brazil accused of ignoring rights in infrastructure push * Critics say Rio projects ignoring city’s long-term needs * City says many more people will benefit than lose out By Stuart Grudgings RIO DE JANEIRO — (Reuters) – Like his house, Jose Santos de Oliveira is an island of resistance.…
The Public Defender’s Office has gone through a series of extreme attacks from higher ups in government, causing a significant change to its administration. The Public Defender’s Office has been hard at work, fighting against the forced evictions in the wake of preparations for the World Cup and Olympic Games. As a result of these…
The internet was a buzz yesterday as ESPN published its expose on what it considered the “real” Rio de Janeiro. It was an interesting article by ESPN, not only because of the suggestive title, “Deadly Games,” but because of the way it presented a city we have come to know and love. It is without…
At least eleven sets of housing blocks in the program “Minha Casa, Minha Vida” (My House, My Life), are being targeted by the actions of paramilitary groups in the western area of Rio de Janeiro. According to information published on Saturday by the newspaper O Globo, the militia loyal to former military police officer Ricardo Teixeira da Cruz, Batman, were exploiting gas services, cable TV, and”private security”, making threats to residents in condos in Campo Grande, Cosmosand Realengo. Currently Batman is being…
Brazil’s Soul, in Form of a Stadium RIO DE JANEIRO — Generations of Brazilians have grown up in the Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, known around the world as the Maracanã. Built for the 1950 World Cup and at the time the largest stadium in the world, it became an instant national landmark, a symbol…
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