Clique aqui para Português Boca de Favela (Favela Mouthpiece) is a Facebook page that complicates common stereotypes about favelas, aiming to go beyond clichés and social stigmas by sharing real life stories. The creators, Mayara Ximenes, […]
Clique aqui para Português This is Part 4 in a five-part series documenting Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) Installations. 2013 was a crucial year for the UPPs. In the first four years of the program, the media, […]
Clique aqui para Português Community leaders and members of the public met on April 16 to discuss the Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) program in Rio’s favelas. The event was organized by the favela news portal Viva Favela (a […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original in Portuguese, published in Coletivo Carranca, click here. On January 15, the Marvellous City saw another disturbing episode in the history of the State’s violent armed interventions in Rio de […]
For the original by Isabela Marinho in Portuguese in G1 click here. Rio de Janeiro State Public Security Secretary, José Mariano Beltrame, announced last Friday, January 24, that the next regions to receive the Pacifying Police […]