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Favela Citizenship and the UPPs
“I just want to be happy, walk with tranquility in the favela where I was born. And be proud and have the awareness that a poor person has his place… My dear authorities, I don’t know […]
Pacifying Police Unit (UPP)
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“We Know What’s Best for You” City Officials Tell Resident During Eviction Proceeding
Clique aqui para Português A Babilonia couple that now owns two houses in the increasingly pricey Zona Sul favela may end up owning nothing, and all because they tried to follow the city’s ever changing […]
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Community Perspectives on the Occupation of Jacarezinho and Manguinhos
In the early hours of Sunday morning, the favelas of Jacarezinho and Manguinhos were occupied by BOPE (Special Forces Battalion) assisted by Navy tanks, military police (PMs), civil police and Federal Highway Police aircraft in preparation for […]
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Beltrame: “Vidigal Now Exists”
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese click here. An evolving project, one that will not solve all of Rio’s problems, much less from one day to the next. This is the […]
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Eviction in Santa Marta: Residents at the Summit Organize and Resist
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Francisco Valdean in Portuguese published by O Cotidiano click here. On July 25th, residents living at the summit of the Santa Marta favela, known as “Pico do Morro” […]