Clique aqui para Português Wednesday, July 20 marked the first day of the Black Lives Matter movement’s four-day visit to Rio de Janeiro, as part of Julho Negro or Black July. The first day of the visit […]
Clique aqui para Português Residents report how they are forced to hide from gunfire and how the UPP is far from being a project of peace. Since the beginning of June, frightened residents of City of […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Gizele Martins in Portuguese published on her blog A Mareense click here. Once again, life in Maré was interrupted. We heard gunshots from dawn onwards on Monday, June […]
Clique aqui para Português The brutal gang rape of a 16 year old girl by 33 men in a favela in Santa Cruz in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro has generated widespread horror […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by André Cabette Fábio in Portuguese published in Nexo click here. Researchers analyze the reasons why Rio de Janeiro Military Police have a higher rate of suicide than the […]