Since the threat of removal, community leaders were only invited to speak with the mayor after they led a demonstration with hundreds of protesters representing 20 communities outside City Hall in early March. Yet these […]
Zoom out from Copenhagen, away from Copacabana, and let’s take a stroll a few kilometers west of Copacabana, inside the city of Rio, in Barra da Tijuca, an area of the city once characterized by […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Sheila Jacob in Portuguese published by Núcleo Piratininga de Comunicação click here. Wednesday, February 10, 2010 — Around 200 people gathered in front of Rio’s city hall to […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Sheila Jacob in Portuguese published by Núcleo Piratininga de Comunicação click here. As we have recently reported, the Vila Autódromo community, located in Barra da Tijuca, a prime […]
Josenildo dos Santos was assassinated by military police from the 1st Battalion in April 2009 at Morro da Coroa. From then on, the families, friends and the Network Against Violence initiated a fight for justice. […]