Clique aqui para Português Between August 5 and 21, over the course of the Olympic Games, 92 shootouts took place in Rio de Janeiro, leaving at least 31 dead and 51 injured due to armed conflict, according […]
Clique aqui para Português On July 2, the campaign “We Are from Maré. We Have Rights!” was launched in Vila do João, Complexo da Maré—the first in a series of three events to be held […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Gizele Martins in Portuguese published on her blog A Mareense click here. Once again, life in Maré was interrupted. We heard gunshots from dawn onwards on Monday, June […]
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 […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article “When Will Society Start Listening to the Favelas?” by Mujica Salinas in Portuguese published by Mídia Coletiva click here. A controversial piece from writer and poet Anderson Dinho […]