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Acts of Resistance, Part 3: Cases Involving Children and Youth in Rio

By Gizele Martins, Jessica Santos • Translation by Hannah Cavalcanti • October 27, 2019

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 […]

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Violence in Rio: Security Expert Warns of Return to Old Policies of Confrontation [INTERVIEW]

By Júlia Dias Carneiro • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • March 29, 2019

Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Júlia Dias Carneiro published by BBC News Brasil click here. The backdrop in Rio: a shootout in broad daylight on Avenida Brasil left five injured; thirteen […]

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Armed Forces Violently Evict Six Families in Maracajás Favela, Defying Numerous Laws [VIDEO]

By Tyler Strobl • November 26, 2018

Clique aqui para Português On Tuesday, November 13, national, state, and municipal forces undertook the first forced eviction in Rio de Janeiro since the pre-Olympic Games era—when Mayor Eduardo Paes oversaw the removal of tens […]

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Acts of Resistance, Part 1: Dictatorship in Democracy—Military Intervention in Rio Brings Increase in Favela Exterminations

By Gizele Martins, Jessica Santos • November 19, 2018

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 […]

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Five Ways Electoral Design Shapes Democracy: Understanding the Brazilian System [REFERENCE]

By Marc Cho • October 12, 2018

Clique aqui para Português Perhaps it was only fitting that an election of unparalleled turbulence—featuring an assassination attempt and a former president campaigning from prison—was nearly decided in the first round of voting with one […]

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