Clique aqui para Português This week marks the second annual Black July, following a series of events one year ago when Black Lives Matter activists visited with organizers in Rio de Janeiro. The series of events taking place this […]
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 […]
Clique aqui para Português Maré means ‘the tide.’ The name comes from when the favela community was first started in a wetland area with many of the houses built on stilts to withstand the waters. […]
Clique aqui para Português In Friday afternoon’s pouring rain, mothers, relatives, and favela community members gathered on Rio Branco Avenue, next to the Candelária Church in downtown Rio de Janeiro, to protest the unlawful killing of […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Cleber Araújo in Portuguese published by Agência de Notícias das Favelas click here. Criminalizing favela residents is much easier to do than to tarnish the image of […]