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Military Police Officers Charged with Murder of Youth in Trindade, Paraty

By Claire Lepercq • October 11, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On October 4, the Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro State filed an official complaint against the two Military Police officers suspected of murdering 23-year-old Jaison Caique Sampaio do Santos and the attempted murder of […]

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Favela Media Activism and Its Legacy for Civic Engagement in the Olympic City of Rio de Janeiro

By Léo Custódio • September 14, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Favela residents, especially youth, have used online and offline media against human rights violations for a while now in Rio. Media technologies and journalism techniques have been increasingly important components of the […]

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Paraty’s Trindade Traditional Fishing Community Demands Justice for Murder of Youth in Land Dispute

By Claire Lepercq, Daniel Gross • July 26, 2016

Clique aqui para Português In a public hearing on Friday July 22, residents of Trindade, a small beachside community in the municipality of Paraty in southern Rio de Janeiro State, demanded justice for the killing […]

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Heloisa Helena of Vila Autódromo Receives First Ever Dandara Award

By Stephanie Reist • May 17, 2016

Clique aqui para Português On Wednesday May 11, Heloisa Helena Costa Berto, an Afro-Brazilian Candomblé priestess, also known by her Candomblé name Luizinha of Nanã, whose home and spiritual center in Vila Autódromo were demolished to make way for […]

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