Mário Lucas, 18, was brutally murdered by two plainclothes police officers in his own home in Morro da Fazendinha, in Complexo do Alemão on the morning of November 26, 2012. Two days later, a curfew […]
For the original by Aramis Assis in Portuguese on Viva Favela click here. The hyper-appreciation of real estate values that has taken hold of Rio de Janeiro’s major neighborhoods has now reached the pacified favelas, and, […]
For the original article by Eliana Sousa Silva in Portuguese on Redes da Maré click here. “Rifles should be used in war, in police operations in the communities and favelas. It is not a weapon to […]
When I first thought about moving to Vidigal, the first and only concern of the few people that found it strange was: what about the drug traffickers? Since I knew the danger in this respect […]
For the original text in Portuguese by Léo Lima in Favela em Foco, click here. On the evening of April 4th 2013, around 9pm, in the area known as Beira do Rio in the favela […]