by Community Contributors
by Community Contributors
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Between Tension and Conflicts, Rocinha’s UPP Changes Command
For the original article in Portuguese by Davison Coutinho published in Jornal do Brasil, click here. Major Priscila Azevedo, commanding officer of Rocinha’s Police Pacification Unit (UPP) has been promoted to commanding officer of the South […]
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Where Black People’s Dream Is Not to Be Black
For the original by Yasmin Thayná in Portuguese, published on her Facebook wall then by Brasil Post click here. I went out to buy my father a belated Father’s Day present and thought I was going […]
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After the World Cup and Military Occupation, Evictions Policy Arrives at Complexo da Maré
For the original in Portuguese in O Cidadão click here. How would you react if you woke up at 6 in the morning and saw your house, built with your own hands, destroyed by a bulldozer? That’s what happened […]
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“Another One”: Counting Murders on the Outskirts of the Marvelous City
Clique aqui para Português While the Brazilian national team suffered the worst defeat of all time, Magé—my hometown, located in the greater metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro—grieved yet another murder. The sadness and outrage experienced […]