Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese published by the Institute of Alternative Policies for the Southern Cone (PACS) on Medium, click here. Reporting by Gizele Martins and Jessica Santos in partnership with the Brazilian Fund for Human […]
Clique aqui para Português Willian Preciliano is a young 21-year-old man from Morro dos Prazeres, a favela above Rio’s historic Santa Teresa neighborhood. In July, he finished high school and his parents gave him the […]
Clique aqui para Português Disposable subjects, criminalized by poverty, unworthy of life. Neither the facts produced by academic studies nor the calls of activists from human rights movements seem to matter. The impression is that […]
Clique aqui para Português The Complexo da Maré favelas mourn the death of 14-year-old Marcos Vinicius da Silva this week, as a violent police operation Wednesday morning sent residents, including teachers and students, ducking for […]
Clique aqui para Português On Monday, June 11, at 6:30am residents of Complexo da Maré awoke to thunderous high caliber rounds. A police helicopter strafed low over rooftops in the favelas of Nova Holanda, Parque União, […]