Event Reports

Rio de Janeiro’s Militias Grow in Power

The subject of militias has grown recently in local and international media coverage of Rio, amid concerns of lack of democracy and coercive votes in the controlled areas during this election season. While these concerns are genuine, an OsteRio […]

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What Went Wrong With The UPPs?

For the original in Portuguese by Jorge Antonio Barros published in O Globo, click here. Misconduct, all too common among the troops, cannot be swept under the rug in the favelas, where residents are tired of being oppressed between […]