Clique aqui para Português In 2017, the municipality of Duque de Caxias, in Greater Rio de Janeiro, created the Division of Special Affairs (DAE) within its Municipal Secretariat for Social Assistance and Human Rights. The […]
Clique aqui para Português It’s been over five weeks since journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira disappeared in the Javari Valley, in the state of Amazonas in northern Brazil. Bruno Pereira worked in […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch’s #VoicesFromSocialMedia series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise. For the Jacarezinho favela, in Rio […]
Clique aqui para Português The Jacarezinho massacre of May 6, the largest ever chronicled in the city of Rio, brought the oversight of police actions back into the public debate and to consideration by State […]
Clique aqui para Português The death of 28 people in Jacarezinho, a favela in the North Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, was labeled a mere “police operation” by the State of Rio […]