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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.33,0:00:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.67,0:00:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WITNESS and its local partners in Rio joined forces with Amnesty International to call on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to take a stand against the forced evictions of communities in the name of the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.35,0:00:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the IOC declined to meet with civil society groups in Rio, local activists and victims of forced evictions gathered on November 11 to hand-deliver a letter and videos to IOC members visiting Rio.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.00,0:00:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Antonieta - Activist, arbitrarily evicted in May
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.19,0:00:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We came here today to fight for affected communities and fulfill the goals of our project with WITNESS.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.92,0:00:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're taking advantage of the fact the IOC is in Rio today
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.68,0:00:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to deliver a letter and a few videos so that they know about the irregular evictions that are happening in Rio.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.93,0:01:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they can take action for this to be a clean Olympics.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.73,0:01:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're going to wait for them to come out (of the hotel) to approach them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.53,0:01:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll try to hand them the letter as they're getting into the car.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.54,0:01:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Laura - Activist
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.57,0:01:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just tried delivering the letter to the mayor of Lausanne
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.18,0:01:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to another person that had an IOC name-tag,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.72,0:01:45.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when I asked if I could leave the letter with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.77,0:01:49.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they said no, that they had no interest.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.23,0:01:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said I would leave it anyway, and they just left it on the table and got up and walked away.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.10,0:02:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we could try again...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.08,0:02:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unable to deliver the letter at the hotel, the activists decide to try one more time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.12,0:02:16.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're persistently going to the Chapéu Mangueira (community) to deliver the letter to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.22,0:02:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They need to know what's been done to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.20,0:02:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Outside of Brazil, they always talk about how wonderful the World Cup and Olympics are for Rio de Janeiro,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.27,0:02:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's a big lie.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.23,0:02:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For all that to happen, many homes and lives are being destroyed. As for the legacy -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.86,0:02:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the homes being destroyed and transformed for the World Cup and Olympics,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.24,0:02:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will anything be useful to us afterwards?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.28,0:02:56.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the Chapéu Mangueira community, the activists catch up with representatives of the Municipal Olympic Company and delegates from the World Union of Olympic Cities during a technical field visit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.39,0:02:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They take advantage of a pause to introduce Antonieta.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.43,0:03:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vitor - Epistomancia Collective
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.74,0:03:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Watch the reaction of this man, Bernardo Carvalho, director of the Municipal Olympic Company in Rio.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.20,0:03:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bernardo and his colleague try to prevent the letter from being delivered to a reporter, but activists still manage to deliver it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.31,0:04:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where did you live?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.57,0:04:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Largo do Campinho.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.07,0:04:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.78,0:04:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(International Journalist)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.41,0:04:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jacarepaguá, it was evicted...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.09,0:04:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm very happy because we came here to deliver the letter to the Olympics organizers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.58,0:04:59.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We managed to deliver it, and now we're going to wait for them to read it and take action.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.38,0:05:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have faith that they'll at least be aware of some of the harm being caused by the Olympics.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.56,0:05:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How the Olympics has hurt many people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.54,0:05:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that many good things will happen because of the World Cup and Olympics,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.11,0:05:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they need to change the way they treat communities during evictions and expropriations.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.66,0:05:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later that day, the activists returned to the hotel to deliver copies of the letters and DVDs to the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.29,0:05:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,IOC representatives that did not attend the Chapéu Mangueira visit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.34,0:05:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A collaboration between WITNESS and Amnesty International, Comitê Popular Rio Copa e Olimpíadas, Conselho Popular do Rio de Janeiro, Movimento Nacional de Luta por Moradia.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.68,0:05:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Produced by
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.44,0:05:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A very special thank you to Antonieta for courageously sharing her story.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.44,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The campaign continues at: blog.witness.org and portalpopulardacopa.org