Mundo Real was founded, in 2007, with the purposes of fostering sustainable community development, and empowering local residents and grassroots organizations


  • Community Denounces Attacks Against NUTH/Public Defender’s Office

    Community Denounces Attacks Against NUTH/Public Defender’s Office

    During the morning of 29 April, 2011, the doors to the reception hall at the headquarters of the Public Defender’s Center for Land and Housing (NUTH) were closed and locked to city residents. This local government office is responsible for defending the civil and human rights of Rio de…

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  • Mundo Real Attends Visit By Amnesty International

    Mundo Real Attends Visit By Amnesty International

    The buzz around the international community this week was Amnesty International’s official visit to Rio de Janeiro, and Mundo Real was there. After a year of researching the issue Amnesty saw it of pressing concern to come to the city to lend its support to the residents of displaced…

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  • Delays In World Cup Construction Are Cause For Concern

    Delays In World Cup Construction Are Cause For Concern

    Brazil is falling behind preparations for the 2014 World Cup, and is still within reach of losing its bid if it doesn’t speed up progress. This news comes from the Brazilian Audit Court, who has criticized officials for missing deadlines, overspending and a lack of transparency. The fear among…

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  • Amnesty International Hears Grievances From Eviction Victims

    Amnesty International Hears Grievances From Eviction Victims

    The head of Amnesty International was in Rio de Janeiro this week and met with victims who have been forcibly removed from their homes. Secretary General Salil Shetty’s presence in Brazil demonstrates the seriousness of the issue from an international perspective, and is one of many recent events that…

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  • UN Housing Expert Reports That Brazil Off Course For World Cup and Olympics

    UN Housing Expert Reports That Brazil Off Course For World Cup and Olympics

    United Nations Human Rights – Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. GENEVA (26 April 2011) – As Brazil prepares to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, the Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik,…

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  • World Cup Forced Evictions Take Toll On Communities

    World Cup Forced Evictions Take Toll On Communities

    Rio World Cup demolitions leave favela families trapped in ghost town From the Guardian – Tom Phillips Preparations for the World Cup and Olympics are bringing unparalleled development to Rio de Janeiro. But this development is creating a series of new problems which government officials had either never envisioned,…

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  • New Study Good News For Prazeres; Positive Step For Laboriaux

    New Study Good News For Prazeres; Positive Step For Laboriaux

    Risk Recalculated Topographical analysis of the area on the Morro dos Prazeres has made government officials reconsider the complete eviction of the hilltop community. A year after the landslides that left 34 residents residents from the Morro dos Prazeres dead, the local government has decided not to remove 1,700…

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  • Via Sacra Unites Rocinha

    Via Sacra Unites Rocinha

    Every year, the community of Rocinha anxiously awaits the arrival of Holy Week, and in particular Good Friday. During this year the excitement revolved around the 19th Annual Via Sacre (Sacred Way) production, by the Cia de Teatro da Rocinha Roca Cacacultura. Under the warm night sky, the procession…

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  • Community Reactions To Police Disturbance

    Community Reactions To Police Disturbance

    Rocinha Drug Raid By: William de Oliveira, Resident of Rocinha and Member of the Community Security Council ISP 23 After today’s drug raid in Rocinha, which began at 6am and ended at 3pm, I took a walk through the community, where I received complaints by community members, and business…

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  • Police Presence Disrupts Rocinha

    Police Presence Disrupts Rocinha

    The mood is tense. A usually quiet morning in the Rio community of Rocinha is particular edgy after 200 police officers rushed into the neighborhood in what is being dubbed a massive drug operation. The police are now looking for drug trafficker Antonio Francsico Bonfim Lopes, a.k.a. Nem, who…

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