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Unit to Potentialize the Poor: The New Utopian UPP

By Cléber Araujo • Translation by Alice Lupton • September 9, 2015

Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese by Cléber Araujo, resident of Complexo do Alemão, published in Agência de Notícias da Favela, click here. This is a satirical piece. After various meetings and revisions given the countless […]

#CommunityMedia

Alemão Residents Make Waves With Their Own Comedy Channel, With International Viewers [VIDEO]

By Melissa Cannabrava • Translation by Cara D’Rosario • September 8, 2015

Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese, by Melissa Cannabrava, published in Voz das Comunidades, click here. The actors behind the characters ‘100g’ and ‘Jurubeba’ aim for success and hope to show there is much more […]

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Street Vendors Protest Against Violence and Repression as Rio Clears the Way for the Olympics

By Marta Ill-Raga • September 4, 2015

Last Thursday, August 24, a rally organized by the United Movement of Street Vendors (MUCA) was held in the center of Rio to protest against systematic State violence against street vendors. The rally comes barely […]

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“Everything is Wrong!” Protesters in Complexo do Alemão March Against Escalating Violence

By Julia Jones, Laura Gama • August 26, 2015

Clique aqui para Português On Saturday August 22, almost 100 community members and journalists gathered in a peaceful protest against escalating police violence in Complexo do Alemão. Alemão, one of Rio’s largest complexes of favelas, located […]

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Favelas and the Olympics – Whose Legacy Is It?

By Fernanda Mena • Translation by Alice Lupton • August 25, 2015

Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese published in Folha de São Paulo, click here.  Rio’s favela residents share their views of the 2016 Olympics and of the pacification process of the Pacifying Police Units (UPPs). […]

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