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Deadly ‘Vengeance’ Operation Demonstrates Rio’s Failed Police Policy

By Tyler Strobl • August 31, 2017

Clique aqui para Português “You made a terrible mistake. We will relentlessly get rid of you; I am not afraid of using these words. I’m not scared of human rights. It’s not going to stop. […]

#UPPWatch

Manguinhos 5th ‘Peace With Guaranteed Rights Walk’ Forced to Change Plans Due to Police Violence

By Brunna Araraki, Edilano Cavalcante • Translation by Rachel Brabbins • August 29, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Last Sunday, August 20, the Fifth Peace With Guaranteed Rights Walk brought together social movements, organizations and collectives from Manguinhos and other favelas in the city to denounce armed violence and the […]

*Highlight

Three Reasons Charlottesville Could Happen in Brazil

By Lucas Smolcic Larson • August 24, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Over the weekend of August 12, the US city of Charlottesville, Virginia, played host to violent clashes between white supremacists attending a “Unite the Right” rally and anti-racist counter-demonstrators. Provoked by […]

#GentrificationWatch

‘Stroll of the Favelados’ Takes Us For An Inside Look Around Rio’s Port District

By Suzanne Chatelier • August 23, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Recently, a new edition of the unique tour style, Rolé dos Favelados (Stroll of the Favelados), took place, this one questioning the Port Revitalization which happened before the 2016 Olympics. The idea behind […]

*Highlight

First Collective Action Establishes Organic Garden in the West Zone’s Ap de Bangu Neighborhood

By Juliana Torres • Translation by Sharonya Vadakattu • August 22, 2017

Clique aqui para Português Ap do Amanhã: Garden, Culture, and Art is the passion project of Alan Pierre, a resident of the Ap de Bangu, popular name given to the Dom Jaime Câmara Housing Development, which was […]

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