Brazil

Brazil’s statement on the security of tenure report

Published in Wednesday March 6th, 2013

Read Brazil’s statement regarding the presentation given by the Special Rapporteur about her thematic and mission reports on March 4th, during the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council.

NGOs address sports-megaevents and human rights at the UN

Published in Monday March 4th, 2013

Conectas, in partnership with other organizations, spoke at the UN Human Rights Council about sports mega-events in Brazil and their impacts on human rights.

MAB holds first meeting in Paraná state, Brazil

Published in Friday March 1st, 2013 In Mobilisation and agenda

The Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB) will organise, between March 13th and 15th, the first State Meeting of Populations Affected by Dams in the state of Paraná. The event will take place in the Parish Hall of St. Francis of Assisi and provides the participation of 350 militants and partners.

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Rebuilding on Their Own

Published in Wednesday February 27th, 2013 In Opinion

Since 2007, Gratz has owned a home in New Orleans, and she was giving me what amounted to a tutorial on her next book subject: the rebuilding of the city post-Katrina. “Look at this,” she said, gesturing to storefronts. “This is one of the longest shopping streets in the country. There are residential and commercial buildings, and local stores and chain stores. Very little was done for streets like this because the big money went to the tourism districts,” she said. “This grew back organically.” Which, she believes, is the way it always happens.

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Rio’s Red Card

Published in Thursday February 14th, 2013

Should one sporting event mean losing your home? In one small but valuable corner of Rio the answer is a very loud: No. “Without a home you have nothing. And Vila Autódromo is my home, my life is here. If they take my home, they take my identity, my past.”

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Indigenous Squatters Resist Eviction in Brazil

Published in Monday January 14th, 2013 In In the media

Police in riot gear surrounded a settlement of indigenous people next to Rio de Janeiro’s storied Maracana stadium on Saturday, preparing to evict them as soon as an expected court order arrived. The site commander, police Lt. Alex Melo, explained officers were “waiting for the order, and understand it can come at any time.” But the order still had not arrived after a tense, daylong standoff.

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Leva – Documentary

Published in Monday November 5th, 2012

The documentary LEVA follows the lives of habitants of the Mauá occupation and reveals the organization of parties united to turn abandoned spaces into homes.

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Guarani-Kaiowa Land Dispute: Brazil Judge Suspends Eviction Of Indians

Published in Thursday November 1st, 2012 In In the media

A judge has suspended an order to evict 170 Indians from a plot in southwestern Brazil they say is ancestral land. Federal judge Cecilia Mello says the Guarani-Kaiowa Indians can remain on the 2.5-acre (1 hectare) plot they occupied about 10 years ago until authorities decide if they or ranchers are the rightful owners.

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Brazil’s indigenous fight for their land

Published in Monday October 29th, 2012 In In the media

October 28, 2012 In an open letter, the indigenous Guarani-Kaiowa tribe of Brazil has asked for their collective death in order to avoid expulsion from their land. They are up against the agriculture lobby and facing an uphill battle. Members of the Guarani-Kaiowa, Brazil’s second largest indigenous group, wrote an to the government, stating they […]

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The Brazilian government must immediately suspend the eviction of indigenous community

Published in Monday October 29th, 2012 In Social movement news

October 26, 2012 The Brazilian authorities must immediately suspend a court order to evict 170 Guarani–Kaiowá indigenous people from a portion of their ancestral lands, Amnesty International said after the community pledged to die together rather than be forced off their territory. Some 170 people – including 70 children – from the Pyelito Kue/Mbarakay community […]

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