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Category: Community Development
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
The Right to the City (The Right to Rio de Janeiro)
Motor Taxis are a common form of transportation within favelas, especially in Rocinha where there are an estimated 2000 motorcycles in an area of .04 square miles. At the bottom of Rocinha, a concentrated crowd of motor taxis waits to pick up passengers before dispersing throughout the community. About two Saturdays ago, I rode one up to an event … Read More
Posted in Community Development, Forced Evictions Tagged Community Development, Direito a Moradia, forced evictions, human rights, 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
Threatened Community Speaks
The following videos include members from forcibly removed communities, or have been affected by the continual changes to their communities as a result of the infrastructural developments as a result of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games. Background: The Human Rights organizations “Witness,” which followed and fined part f the visit to the Platafroma Dhesca. Made during the … Read More
Posted in Community Development Tagged Favela do Metrô, Favelas, Forced Removals, Morro da Providencia, Restinga, Villa Recreio 2, witness Comments Off
City Councilman visits Rocinha to Register Complaints with PAC I
Reimont Luiz Otoni Santa Bárbara, aka Vereador Reimont visited Rocinha on 5/28/2011 to register complaints about the progress of the government development project PAC. The first stage, known as PAC I, has seen many of its projects come to a hault, remain incomplete, or suffer from various infrastructure problems. Residents and local leaders walked the community and looked at all the areas where PAC projects … Read More
Laboriaux Residents Present Report to DHESCA
The community of Laboriaux, at the very highest section of Rocinha, has been one of the many communities found in the cross hairs of the city wide removals. Though Laboriaux has found itself in this precarious situation residents have seemingly left the process to handle itself. The city has not been open and forthright with Laboriaux’s status and future, leaving … Read More
Posted in Community Development Tagged community, Corruption, evictions, Favela, Laboriaux, OAB, Removals, Rio de Janeiro, Rocinha Comments Off
Investigatory Mission Comes To Rio
The highly anticipated Investigatory Mission, made up of local and international representatives, made its way through local communities affected by the forced removals occurring in Rio de Janeiro. Raquel Rolnik, Rapporteur for the United Nations, was the headliner at this series of events, which focused on trying to quantify the issues at hand. The general consensus from this series of … Read More
Posted in Community Development, Events Tagged community, Corruption, evictions, Favela, Laboriaux, OAB, Raquel Rolnik, Relatorio, Removals, Rio de Janeiro, Rocinha, UN, United Nations Comments Off
