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From Mourning to the Supreme Court: Favela Voices Demand Reduction of Police Lethality

By Tatiana Lima • Translation by Annie Swank • June 10, 2021

Clique aqui para Português For the first time in Brazilian history, favela grassroots movements, mothers of victims of State violence, and civil society organizations were heard by the country’s highest court, the Brazilian Supreme Court […]

Protest in Jacarezinho while the public hearing happened in the morning of May 7, the morning after Jacarezinho massacre

Public Hearing on Confronting Poverty in Rio de Janeiro Identifies Actions to Combat Hunger

By Eduardo Antunez Rolle • May 17, 2021

Clique aqui para Português This is our latest article about Covid-19 and its impacts on the favelas. On May 8, Rio de Janeiro State Deputy Renata Souza organized the public hearing, “Confronting Moderate and Extreme Poverty […]