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Gatos and abandoned phone company wires
by Community Contributors

The Owners of Electricity in Rocinha

By Zé Luis S. Lima • Translation by Lara Mancinelli • March 30, 2015

For the original in Portuguese by Zé Luis S. Lima, published in Viva Rocinha, click here. The year is 1970. When night began to fall in Rocinha it was time to light candles, gas lamps and oil […]

#EvictionsWatch

Hundred-Year-Old Eco-Community of Vale Encantado at Risk of Removal

By Lucas Gayoso • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • March 29, 2015

For the original in Portuguese by Lucas Gayoso, published in O Dia, click here. Vale Encantado is at risk of removal, due to legal action that has been going on for ten years. RIO-In Alto da Boa […]

#UPPWatch

38-Year-Old Woman Fatally Shot at Her Doorstep While Talking to Neighbors in Alemão

By Betinho Casas Novas • Translation by Margó Hufstetler • March 28, 2015

For the original in Portuguese by Betinho Casas Novas, published in Voz das Comunidades, click here. Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) officers from Complexo do Alemão arrived to assist Vanessa, but she did not survive the injuries. Just 38 […]

#GentrificationWatch

Tram, Tourism, History & Resistance in Santa Marta: “Each Brick Has Its Story”

By Miriane Peregrino • Translation by Cara D’Rosario • March 6, 2015

For the original in Portuguese by Miriane Peregrino, published in Agência de Notícias das Favelas, click here. The Santa Marta tram was launched on May 29, 2008, the same year Rio de Janeiro’s first Police Pacification Unit (UPP) was established […]

Chauan Cezário, one of the Military Police victims, in a Rio police station. Photo by Urbano Erbiste/O Globo
#CommunityMedia

Posthumous Innocence Thanks to Mobile-Recorded Video

By Afonso Benites • Translation by Cara D’Rosario • February 28, 2015

Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese, published in El País, click here. The Military Police said the youth shot at the officers but the video recorded by the victim contradicts this version of events. […]

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