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A Pyramidal Approach to Upgrading Rio de Janeiro’s Favelas, Part 2: Regularization, Basic Needs, and Community Participation
23 Jan 2026 04:43 GMT
… regularization can lead to real estate speculation, gentrification, and … proven inadequate for regularizing Rio de Janeiro favelas when residents’ … . Article 68 of Brazil’s Constitution grants individuals … of the few Rio de Janeiro examples of full citizen …
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A Critical Look at the Double-Standard of Heritage Conservation in Rio de Janeiro: The Case of Horto Florestal [REFERENCE]
22 Jan 2026 23:59 GMT
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Morro da Providência, Brazil’s first favela, seen … Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) historian … the predatory gaze of real estate speculation within the “gray … of Vidigal favela in Rio de Janeiro [left] and in Santorini …
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Rio de Janeiro Mayor Heavily Amends City’s 10-Year Master Plan In Final Phase, Prompting Intense Criticism from Civil Society
22 Jan 2026 11:04 GMT
… framework.
The revision of Rio de Janeiro’s Master Plan began in … by signatory states, including Brazil.
Aerial photo of the … of an offset charge for real estate ventures. It works by … other structural changes to the Rio de Janeiro Master Plan draft bill …
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Public Fills Rio de Janeiro City Council to Demand the Community Land Trust in the City’s Master Plan and Discuss City Hall’s Exclusion of Urban Policy Instruments
20 Jan 2026 18:26 GMT
… president of the Rio de Janeiro City Federation of Neighborhood … , Rio de Janeiro municipal prosecutor; Washington Fajardo, former Rio de Janeiro Urban … innovative arrangement in Brazil, but it’s … communities from speculative real estate processes that may …
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Five Years Later, Little Has Changed in the Circumstances Faced by Congolese Refugees in Greater Rio de Janeiro
20 Jan 2026 06:44 GMT
… Duque de Caxias, in Greater Rio de Janeiro, created the Division of … to work or reside in Brazil—either temporarily or permanently— … , the owner of the apartment where we were staying in … Salazar
Upon his arrival in Brazil, Salazar had been incommunicado …
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Rio de Janeiro’s Militias and State Power, Part 1: The Alarming and Little Reported Underbelly of Rio’s Elections
19 Jan 2026 10:50 GMT
… situation has been recognized by Brazil’s Electoral Justice System. … , and real estate, even building shopping malls, commercial and real estate projects, … to their influence throughout Rio de Janeiro.
In Rio de Janeiro, politicians associated with militias …
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Recently Certified Quilombo Camorim Celebrates & Remembers Brazil’s Resistance to Slavery
22 Jan 2026 05:59 GMT
… feijoada in honor of Afro-Brazil’s greatest resistance leaders … dos Palmares in Jacarepaguá, in Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone. This … sell the properties on the real estate market. But as an … city in the state of Rio de Janeiro) singing songs of black resistance …
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A Comparative Introduction to Hate Speech Laws in Brazil and the United States
22 Jan 2026 05:59 GMT
… often criminalizing it. In Brazil the constitution establishes a … the Hotel Serrador in Rio de Janeiro on the basis of … Under the 1988 Constitution Brazil also recognizes that freedom … townships, residential areas designated for non-whites only. In Brazil, …
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The Growth of the Global CLT Movement, Part 6: Seeding Favela-CLTs in Brazil
21 Jan 2026 07:32 GMT
… bring CLTs to Brazil, starting with Rio de Janeiro.
For more information … of large-scale real estate speculation. In Rio de Janeiro, around 24% of … of affordable housing in Brazil. Caño Martín Peña … of the instrument in Brazil. The participation of partners …
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Urban Heat Islands and Urban Cool Islands: ENACTUS-UFRJ Helps Favelas Fight Extreme Temperatures
23 Jan 2026 15:16 GMT
… buildings, noise. Urbanization in Brazil took pace at an accelerated … with high purchasing power. Rio de Janeiro’s urban tree planting … prices in the formal real estate market. This creates many … air conditioners in the residential sector increased by about …
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