For the original text in Portuguese by Léo Lima in Favela em Foco, click here. On the evening of April 4th 2013, around 9pm, in the area known as Beira do Rio in the favela […]
For the original Opinion piece by Eliane Sousa Silva, Director of Redes da Maré (Maré Development Network), in Portuguese, published first in print in O Globo, republished by LECC, click here. News of the UPP’s entry […]
For original article in Carta Capital in Portuguese click here. A report released in 2012 by the U.N. Council on Human Rights asked Brazil to make more of an effort to combat the activities of “death […]
For original article by Marsílea Gombata in Portuguese in Carta Capital click here. It could be New Year’s Eve in Búzios: young people, well dressed, girls in skimpy clothing and jewellery who love to be tanned […]
For the original report in O Dia in Portuguese click here. The migration of criminals from the pacified favelas to the suburbs of the Baixada Fluminense (Rio’s Greater Metropolitan Region) has caused local authorities to […]