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O teleférico está chegando a Rocinha, um benefício ou prejuízo?
Esta reportagem é baseada na observação participante (principalmente na Rocinha), entrevistas gravadas e autorizadas, revisões da literatura, etc … não divulgamos nomes ou outras detalhes comprometedoras. Bem, é oficial, o teleférico em breve está chegando a Rocinha, ou pelo menos as obras vão começar em breve. Na verdade, tem sido oficial já há algum tempo, mas o projeto recentemente tem … Read More
Posted in Community Development, From the News, What's Happening in Rio Tagged PAC, PAC II, Rio de Janeiro, Rocinha, Teleférico Rocinha Comments Off
The teleférico (air tramway) is coming to Rocinha, a benefit or burden?
This piece is based on participant observation (mainly in Rocinha), authorized recorded interviews, literature reviews, etc.… No names or compromising details will be disclosed. Well, it is official, the teleférico (air tramway) is coming to Rocinha very soon, at least the work will begin soon. Actually it has been official for some time now, but the project has gone public … Read More
Posted in Community Development, Get Informed Tagged Favela, favela tourism, PAC, Rio de Janeiro, Rocinha, Teleférico Rocinha Comments Off
Urbanização Responsável com 100% Saneamento e Cidadania
A Rocinha desde sua existência enfrenta problemas como queda de encostas, enchentes na parte baixa, e por conseqüência bairros vizinhos sofrem com a falta de canalização correta do esgoto e drenagem pluvial decorrente do abandono pelo poder público, que até início dos anos oitenta consentia apenas a entrada da repressão através da polícia. Em determinado período de sua existência moradores … Read More
Posted in Community Development, What's Happening in Rio Tagged Favela, forum cultural da rocinha, forum de cultura da rocinha, portugues, Rio de Janeio, Rocinha, Urbanização Comments Off
The Real World – O Mundo Real
Mundo Real is currently facing increased demands and challenges of the real world – work, school, family, and simply life itself, has made it impossible for us to continue to update our website. We are still active in Rocinha and elsewhere, but we do not have time to maintain our website. We hope that we can resume our web activity … Read More
Corruption and the paradox of the UPP in Rocinha and Rio de Janeiro
On Monday, March 26, 2012 the president of one of Rocinha’s three residents associations (AMABB) was shot and killed. Vanderlan Barros de Oliveira, known as Feijão, walked a short distance out of the association’s headquarters when he was shot at five times in broad day light by a man on a motorcycle wearing a helmet. Three of the bullets hit … Read More
Posted in Community Development, From the News, What's Happening in Rio Tagged 2014 World Cup, 2016 Olympics, Community Development, favela pacification process, Favelas, Hugo Acero Velasquez, human rights, micro-level warlords, PAC, Pacify Rocinha, Pacifying Police Unit (UPP), Pronasci, Rocinha, UPP, UPP Rio, UPP Rocinha Comments Off
City of Rio spends millions to save homes of wealthy while removing poor communities in other parts of city
The city of Rio de Janeiro spends R$ 377 million (215 million USD) in order for resident’s of a wealthy area of Ipanema to remain where they live while a major infrastructure project is completed around, and under them. At the same time, and hypocritically, the City is removing at will, and arbitrarily, dozens of poor communities in similar, or … Read More
Posted in From the News, What's Happening in Rio Tagged Eduardo Paes, ment, Rio de Janeiro, Urban DevelopUrban Development Comments Off
Favela Pacified – BBC podcast
There’s an ambitious government programme underway in one of Rio de Janeiro’s biggest slums, or favelas. The aim is to clear Rocinha – home to over 100,000 people – of the drugs gangs that have dominated there for decades. The strategy, known as ‘pacification’, begins with a raid by Brazilian elite forces to drive out the gangs. It is then … Read More
Posted in Community Development, From the News, What's Happening in Rio Tagged favela pacification process, Pacify Rocinha, UPP, UPP Rocinha Comments Off
Rocinha residents are leaving after rent increases by 30% after police occupation
After the police occupation in November of 2011, rent has increased by 30% The occupation of Rocinha by security forces has put the community in focus. Conveniently located in the south zone of Rio de Janeiro, close to the beach and overlooking the ocean, peace should be cause for celebration for the residents, but instead it has brought a side effect difficult … Read More
Decree signed by Rio’s Mayor on Forced Eviction Procedures
On February 7th eleven residents of Laboriaux participated in an important meeting/reading with Dr. Francisco Horta Filho to study the Municipal DECREE (DECRETO) N°34522, published on the 3rd of OCTOBER of 2011. Francisco Horta Filho is the new coordenador of the Núcleo de Terras e Habitação (Nuth), or the Nucleus for Land and Housing, of the Defensoria Pública do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro … Read More
Posted in Community Development, Forced Evictions Tagged Eduardo Paes, forced evictions, Laboriaux, NUTH, Rio de Janeiro, Rocinha Comments Off
CNN Backstories – Comparing the Good and the Bad: Living in the Favela Rocinha
For their participation in these reports, Paul Sneed and the Back|Story team would like to thank religious leader Pai Almir who lives in the favela Rocinha. Also a big thank you to Viviana Rodrigues who is a teacher in Rocinha and co-founder of 2bros.org. A big thank you, as well, to Sergi Navarro-Rivero, a Harvard PhD student who is working … Read More
Posted in From the News Tagged 2014 World Cup, 2016 Olympics, Favela, Pacify Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro, Rocinha Comments Off
