Clique aqui para Português Since winning the Olympic bid in 2009 and hosting the 2014 World Cup, the city of Rio de Janeiro has gone through immense urban transformations that have disrupted and changed the […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese by Miriane Peregrino, published in Agência de Notícias das Favelas, click here. And click here for Part II. Located on oceanfront Avenida Niemeyer in the South Zone […]
Clique aqui para Português The original text was published in Portuguese by community reporter and activist Raull Santiago, on his Facebook page following the announcement that the UPP police will set up armored police stations from which they […]
For the original in Portuguese, published in Viva Favela, click here. “Let’s quit this shooting all around us. This violence is killing residents, no one can take it any more.” This was a request made […]
Clique aqui para Português The case of Amarildo de Souza, the bricklayer who was tortured to death by the Military Police in Rocinha in 2013, made waves across Brazil and abroad. His death became a symbol […]