An increase of violence in Pavão-Pavãozinho and Cantagalo over recent months–neighboring favelas located above the beachside neighborhoods of Ipanema and Copacabana in Rio’s South Zone–combined with the high profile death of a widely known and loved young man this […]
Clique aqui para Português I have never accepted the term “pacification,” adopted as a slogan by the government and repeated all over the media. By consensus, peace is a desired state of mind and something […]
For the original by Debora Pio and Isabele Aguiar in Portuguese for Viva Favela click here. On its 50th anniversary, Vila Kennedy received the 38th Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) from the State. Under the intense […]
For the original by Mariana Albanese in Portuguese published on the Carta Capital blog Negro Belchoir click here. The actions and the images are shocking, and yet they are celebrated on the BOPE Facebook page. […]
Clique aqui para Português In a week of extreme violence in the city of Rio de Janeiro, a series of incidents have caused shockwaves across social media, shining a harsh light on the grave security […]