Resolution 013 – Page 2

“Next to those in charge, those kids lying dead on the ground are as dangerous as clowns”

For the original by Mariana Albanese in Portuguese published on the Carta Capital blog Negro Belchoir click here. The actions and the images are shocking, and yet they are celebrated on the BOPE Facebook page. […]

Resolution 013: To Party, or Not to Party, in UPP-controlled Favelas

By Jez Smadja • March 12, 2013

Times they are a-changing for the residents of the UPP-controlled communities. There’s been a swath of land titles being handed out, the arrival of new services such as a Family Clinic in Complexo da Penha […]

Funk and FLUPP: The Future of the Favela Party

By Daniel Israel • Translation by Tom Winterbottom • November 27, 2012

Clique aqui para Português “There is no more pleasure over there on the Hill of Pleasures [Morro dos Prazeres]…” This line, from the composition by the songwriter and poet Paulo César Pinheiro, comes from the […]