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Category: What’s Happening in Rio
City reinitiating its drive to evict Laboriaux’s residents in Rocinha
On Sunday November 20th one of Brazil’s largest media corporations, Rede Record, was in Laboriaux filming for their hugely popular TV show Balanço Geral. They followed one of Laboriaux’s best known residents, Carlão, as he describe what the issues and what the major problems are. Balanço Geral came to Laboriaux at the request of persistent local residents and in light … Read More
Posted in Community Development, Forced Evictions, From the News, What's Happening in Rio Tagged 2014 World Cup, 2016 Olympics, Eduardo Paz, forced evictions, Laboriaux, UPP Rocinha Comments Off
Carlos Luis Toledo – a participatory vision for the development of Rocinha
On Thursday, November 17th there was an important meeting in Rocinha’s Sports Complex (Complexo Esportivo da Rocinha) at 6:30PM. The meeting was organized by the Community Board for Rocinha, São Conrado and Gávea (Câmara Comunitária da Rocinha, São Conrado e Gávea). The Community Board is a social movement that was formed in early 2011 with the aim of following activities … Read More
One Week of “Peace” in Rocinha
It has been a week since the state government’s ‘pacification’ process began in Rocinha – on the 13th of November. The constant coverage and sensationalism are quickly becoming repetitive and they are distracting from more important issues here in Rocinha and elsewhere in Rio. It is important to keep in mind that the incursion and occupation that began last Sunday … Read More
Posted in Community Development, What's Happening in Rio Tagged BOPE in Rocinha, Community Development, Favela, favela pacification process, Rocinha, Rocinha Development, UPP, UPP Rocinha, Urban Development Comments Off
Police Occupation on the Ground in Rocinha “A Peaceful Shock”
Rocinha was officially ‘occupied’ during the early morning hours of Sunday, November 13th. This was only the first phase of the state’s ‘pacification’ process. Authorities have been promising that Rocinha would received a UPP since 2009, and for various nuanced reasons it took a long time to occur. There are countless angles in which this event, this process, could be … Read More
Posted in Community Development, What's Happening in Rio Tagged 2014 World Cup, 2016 Olympics, Choque de Paz, Laboriaux, Pacify Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro, Rocinha, Security Forces, UPP, UPP Rocinha Comments Off
A historic moment in Rocinha’s history | The expulsion of the drug traffickers
( a brief on organized crime and security policy in Rocinha. ) Mundo Real’s home community of Rocinha has entered a defining moment in its almost 90 year history. But before continuing it is worth mentioning that organized crime and security policy are very sensitive issues in Rocinha, and for us, a small community-based organization whose members almost all live … Read More
Posted in Community Development, Get Informed, What's Happening in Rio Tagged History, human rights, Mundo Real, Nov 2011, Organized Crime, Pacify Rocinha, Removal, Rio de Janeiro, Rocinha, Security Forces, Units of Peacemaking Police, UPP Comments Off
Social Housing in Rio de Janeiro
On Saturday October 22nd at the Colégio Estadual Brigadeiro Schorcht, A Fundação Centro da Defesa de Dirietos Humanos Bento Rubião (henceforth Bento Rubião) held the last of five workshops that focused on their proposal for the Municipal Plan of Social Housing (PMHIS) in Rio de Janeiro. Bento Rubião objective was to create a space where residents from different areas … Read More
Posted in Community Development, Events, Forced Evictions, What's Happening in Rio, Workshops Tagged forced evictions, PAC, Social Housing, Urban Planning in Rio de Janeiro, Urban Studies Comments Off
Mega Events: Rio Communities suffer through the process of urban dispossession
The rapporteur of the National Right to the City, Platform DHESCA, Orlando Jr., professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, spoke during a hearing at the Regional Attorney for Citizens’ Rights, on June 21, 2011 about the findings of DHESCA’s official report on Rio de Janeiro leading up to the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games. The … Read More
Posted in Community Development, Forced Evictions, What's Happening in Rio Tagged 2014 World Cup, 2016 Olympics, DHESCA, forced evictions, mega-events, Orlando Alves Junior, PAC, Raquel Rolnik, Right to the City, Transcarioca, Transoeste Comments Off
Militia Groups Targeting Housing Programs In Rio de Janeiro
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 held in a maximum security federal prison in Mato Grosso do Sul. According to … Read More
Posted in From the News, What's Happening in Rio Tagged forced evictions, Militia, Minha Casa Minha Vida, Morar Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, UPP Comments Off
The UPP Causes Real Estate Hikes in Rio
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 other Brazilian states. In Copacabana, … Read More
Posted in What's Happening in Rio Tagged Botafogo, Copacabana, Favelas, Ipanema, PAC, Price Hikes, Real Estate, Rio de Janeiro, Rocinha, UPP, Zona Sul Comments Off
Rio To Host the World Cup and Olympics: Mega-Events: Are They A Benefit or A Detriment?
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 Olympics. Many consider this conquest … Read More
Posted in What's Happening in Rio Tagged Complexo do Alemão, displaced, displacements, evictions, forced evictions, gentrification, mega-events, Olympic Games, PAC, poverty, Removal, Rio de Janeiro, Rocinha, white elephants, World Cup Comments Off
