In the run-up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the favela community of Vila Autódromo was virtually destroyed. It sat on prime real estate at the water’s edge, in the up and coming West Zone neighborhood. Dwellings were demolished, and hundreds of families were pressured to leave. One long-term resident, Luiz Claudio Silva, lost the […]
Author Archives: Mike Duignan
Mike Duignan is head of department, reader in events, and director of the Observatory for Human Rights and Major Events, University of Surrey, England.