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Favela Residents Protest Against Police Violence & World Cup Impacts

By Celina Sorboe • June 25, 2014

Clique aqui para Português On June 23, on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the police operation in Maré which killed ten people, a demonstration took place starting in the Chapéu-Mangueira favela in Rio’s South Zone. […]

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UPP Security Crisis As World Cup Approaches

By Felicity Clarke • May 16, 2014

Clique aqui para Português At a time when the world’s eyes are turning to Brazil, and in particular Rio de Janeiro, security concerns could not be more pressing. As northeastern World Cup host city Recife […]

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“Just Another Silva?” Reflections on Recent UPP Violence

By Benjamin Parkin • May 8, 2014

Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday, April 22, a young man was found dead inside a day care center in Pavão-Pavãozinho, South Zone of Rio, allegedly killed by local Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) officers. His body, […]

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UPP Violence in Pavão-Pavãozinho/Cantagalo Comes to a Head Following Death of Dancer DG

By Rachael Hilderbrand • April 26, 2014

An increase of violence in Pavão-Pavãozinho and Cantagalo over recent months–neighboring favelas located above the beachside neighborhoods of Ipanema and Copacabana in Rio’s South Zone–combined with the high profile death of a widely known and loved young man this […]

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Peace, Pacification and UPPs in the Favelas [IMAGES]

By Luiz Baltar • Translation by Jake Cummings, Tom Winterbottom • March 31, 2014

Clique aqui para Português I have never accepted the term “pacification,” adopted as a slogan by the government and repeated all over the media. By consensus, peace is a desired state of mind and something […]

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