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Latest News from Rio de Janeiro's Favelas

November 3–17, 2018
Volume IX Issue 34
Landslide and Heat Island Prevention
and other news from the Sustainable Favela Network
RECYCLING TO STOP LANDSLIDES Second Sustainable Favela Network Exchange Visits Morro dos Prazeres - Jessica Depies, RioOnWatch sustainability collaborator
SOLVING HEAT ISLANDS Green Roof Favela #SustainableFavelaNetwork [PROFILE]  - Agathe Robin, RioOnWatch profile reporter
DEEP DIVE INSPIRATION The Favela Museum of Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho [PROFILE] #SustainableFavelaNetwork - Paula Peña, RioOnWatch reporter
'WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS TRASH?' Cantagalo and Pavão-Pavãozinho Tackle Waste Management Issues on World Cities Day - Jorge Sanchez Garcia, RioOnWatch events reporter
Favela Community Land Trusts Gain Ground in Rio
COMMUNITY LAND TRUST WORKSHOPS Part 1: Community Workshop, Methodology and Practice - Priscilla Mayrink, RioOnWatch architecture collaborator
FAVELA CLTs ON STAGE Favela Community Land Trusts, Blockchain, and Sustainability Discussed at ColaborAmérica Conference [VIDEO] - Jorge Sanchez Garcia, RioOnWatch events reporter
Responses and Resistance on Education, Health and Hunger
QUOTAS IN ACTION Andrezza, Affirmative Action Beneficiary and Education Advocate from Rio’s Maré Favelas [PROFILE] - Mareen Butter, RioOnWatch collaborator
HEALTHCARE Unified Health System Workers Warn: ‘Guaranteed Rights Cannot Be Bought or Sold’ - Renata Queiroz Ramos, RioOnWatch health collaborator
MORE THAN A MEAL The swanky Rio restaurant for homeless people - Dom Phillips, The Guardian
Electoral Processes and Threats to Safety, Democracy and Equality
ELECTORAL INFLUENCES Beyond Dissatisfaction with the Status Quo: Four New Forces That Propelled Brazil’s Far-Right Victory - Marc Cho, RioOnWatch political analysis collaborator
DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES The Efficiency of Brazil’s Elections Is a Stark Contrast to Voter Suppression and Deliberate Chaos in the U.S. - Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
STATE VIOLENCE ‘We’ll Dig Graves’: Brazil’s New Leaders Vow to Kill Criminals - Ernesto Londoño and Manuela Andreoni, The New York Times

107 ACADEMICS CONDEMN PERSECUTION We deplore this attack on freedom of expression in Brazil’s universities - The Guardian

FREE MARKET ECONOMICS Brazil’s new finance minister eyes ‘Pinochet-style’ fix for economy - Andres Schipani, Financial Times

SÉRGIO MORO IN GOVERNMENT Jair Bolsonaro promises senior job to judge who jailed his rival - Stephen Gibbs, The Times
Olympics Resistance Beyond Rio
RESIDENTS HEARD AND RESPECTED 56.4% of Calgarians say ‘no’ to 2026 Olympic bid in plebiscite: unofficial results - Kaylen Small, Global News
LOS ANGELES Opposition to the Olympics in American cities - Gregory Andranovich and Matthew Burbank, Play the Game
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