Clique aqui para Português One year after the Olympic Games, and Rio de Janeiro is reeling from a wave of violence that would be unimaginable to the thousands of tourists who descended on the city […]
Clique aqui para Português Last Friday, July 20, on the final day of Black July week, the Maré Museum held a roundtable conversation on mass incarceration and the criminalization of favela residents in Brazil. Representatives from the […]
Clique aqui para Português Last Thursday, July 13, Rio of Encounters hosted the debate “Youth, Security, and Violence,” at the Rio Museum of Art (MAR) in Rio de Janeiro’s Port Region. During the event, social […]
Clique aqui para Português Even though four years have passed since former Governor Sérgio Cabral officially revoked Resolution 013, which gave Pacifying Police Units (UPPs) control over authorizing cultural, artistic, and sporting events in occupied favelas, […]
Clique aqui para Português Since 2008, when the first Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) began occupying the Santa Marta favela, Rio de Janeiro’s state government has pursued aggressive policies to combat organized crime related to the drug trade and bring […]