A debate held on August 20 at Rio’s Fluminense Federal University (UFF) sought to explore the issues of police violence and the criminalization of poverty and social movements in the wake of the widely disputed […]
Clique aqui para Português On August 9, unarmed American teenager Michael Brown was shot to death by a policeman in Ferguson, Missouri, unleashing immediate protest. On the same day, residents of Complexo do Alemão in […]
The Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland (G2014) closed on August 3 after eleven days of sport. Scotland’s athletes “brought home the gold” by winning over forty medals, adding to the patriotic sense of achievement from […]
Clique aqui para Português Around 50 Complexo do Alemão residents took to the streets on Saturday August 9 to promote peace in the community. Since the end of the World Cup, the favela complex has experienced […]
Clique aqui para Português Residents from Complexo do Alemão launched a Twitter campaign to alert the media of the shootouts that have been rampant in the community since the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. […]