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In the Fight Against Racism, No Bananas, No Monkeys, Please!

By Douglas Belchoir • Translation by Emma Platais • May 6, 2014

For the original by Douglas Belchoir in Portuguese on his Carta Capital blog Negro Belchoir click here. Everyone has seen the photo on the left. Brazilian soccer star Neymar with his son on his lap […]

#CommunityMedia

Trash, Rubble and Sewage in Capão, Complexo do Alemão

By Demerson Couto • Translation by Emma Platais • April 18, 2014

For the original by Demerson Couto in Portuguese for Viva Favela click here. Vila Capão, one of the communities in Complexo do Alemão, could also be called “Villa of the Forgotten.” Around Capão, works debris from […]

#CommunityMedia

Inhuman Conditions and Fear of Eviction in Maré’s Mac Laren Favela

By Eliano Félix • Translation by Lucy McMahon • April 12, 2014

For the original by Eliano Félix in Portuguese for O Cidadão click here.  More than 30 families are living in inhuman conditions with fear of eviction in Maré.  Situated in Complexo da Maré between Vila do […]

#EvictionsWatch

Vila Autódromo Public Defenders Publish Letter in Response to Recent Events

By Adriana Magalhães Bevilaqua, Gabriela Varsano Cherem, Maria Lúcia de Pontes • Translation by Benjamin Parkin, Kate Steiker-Ginzberg • March 28, 2014

Clique aqui para Português Following the events of this week in which the injunction preventing demolitions in Vila Autódromo was overturned by leaders of the Public Defenders’ Office, the public defenders from the Housing and […]

#CommunityMedia

Vila Kennedy Receives the 38th Pacifying Police Unit (UPP)

By Debora Pio, Isabele Aguiar • Translation by Amanda Bradshaw • March 19, 2014

For the original by Debora Pio and Isabele Aguiar in Portuguese for Viva Favela click here. On its 50th anniversary, Vila Kennedy received the 38th Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) from the State. Under the intense […]

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