Clique aqui para Português For the first time in Brazilian history, favela grassroots movements, mothers of victims of State violence, and civil society organizations were heard by the country’s highest court, the Brazilian Supreme Court […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch’s #VoicesFromSocialMedia series, which compiles perspectives posted on social media by favela residents and activists about events and societal themes that arise. In broad daylight, broadcasted by media […]
Clique aqui para Português This article is part of a series of articles on Rio de Janeiro’s 2020 municipal elections from a favela perspective. For decades, the political process in municipalities of Greater Rio de Janeiro’s Baixada […]
Clique aqui para Português The gesture of arms in an X across the chest, with closed fists, that went around the world in a photo of Ágatha Félix—an 8-year-old girl who died last year from […]
Clique aqui para Português This is the first installment of a two-part piece looking at a Brazilian Supreme Court case known as “ADPF das Favelas.” It discusses the effects of a legal opinion and a […]