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‘The Order Is to Kill!’—Eight Killed in Police Operation Involving Helicopter Gunfire in Maré

By Maré Online • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • May 9, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese published by Maré Online, an initiative of Redes da Maré (Maré Development Networks NGO) in partnership with ActionAid, click here. On Monday, May 6, we […]

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‘You, You, and You—Get Off Now’: The Diary of a Black Youth Living in a Rio Favela [OPINION]

By Bruno Sousa • Translation by Ava Rose Hoffman, Jiselle Steele • March 21, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Bruno Sousa published by The Intercept Brasil click here. A Professional Suspect with a Graduate Degree in Being Harassed by the Police: The Diary of a […]

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How a Neighborhood in Rio’s Periphery of Duque de Caxias Is Reawakening Through Hip Hop

By Fabio Leon • Translation by Jiselle Steele • February 19, 2019

Clique aqui para Português Originating among African-Americans in protest of the exclusion promoted by dominant economic and cultural systems, the hip hop movement easily won over Brazilian communities in the mid-1980s—ten years after taking off […]

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Rains in Rio: Responses from Mayor Crivella and Governor Witzel and Accounts from Favela Residents

By Luisa Fenizola • Translation by Ava Rose Hoffman, Tara Mittelberg • February 11, 2019

Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday, February 6, a year and a day after the 2018 summer rains began, another storm devastated the city of Rio de Janeiro. The traditional and intensifying summer rains were […]

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Rio Issues Crisis Alert After Devastating Torrential Rain, Rocinha and Vidigal Hard Hit [VIDEO]

By Karen Melo, Melissa Cannabrava • Translation by Dylan Blau Edelstein, Habib Msallem • February 8, 2019

Clique aqui e aqui para Português After recording the highest temperatures in nearly a century during the month of January, the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Region was inundated by a torrential storm causing landslides, destroying […]

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