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Asa Branca is one kilometer from the Olympic Park
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Near Olympic Park, Asa Branca Favela Installing Cameras in Response to Olympics Insecurity

By Christian Kuitert • June 14, 2016

Clique aqui para Português ”It’s like we’re throwing a party in our house where the whole world is invited, but we the owners can’t be in the way.” That’s how community leader Carlos Alberta Costa, […]

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Stress, Taboo and Hierarchy: Why Rio Military Police Officers Commit Suicide

By André Cabette Fábio • Translation by Sheila Taylor • May 24, 2016

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 […]

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Occupying Students Threatened with Violence as Negotiations with State Government Begin

By Ciara Long • May 20, 2016

Clique aqui para Português Students occupying public high schools across Rio state have faced increasing levels of violence and harassment since May 6 from groups of students against the movement. The occupation at the Mendes […]

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Funding Shortage and Increased Violence Amounts to UPP Crisis

By Mariah Barber • April 28, 2016

Clique aqui para Português With less than 100 days to the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio’s Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) program and public security in Rio is in crisis. Although the controversial UPP program has faced setbacks […]

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Impeachment: They’re Stealing the Little We Achieved [OPINION]

By Cléber Araujo • Translation by Sarah Jacobs • April 27, 2016

Clique aqui para Português This article by Cleber Araújo Santos is one of a series of five opinion pieces on the impeachment by community reporters published this week on RioOnWatch. Cleber Araújo Santos, 40, was born in Monte Pascoal, […]

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