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 […]
Clique aqui para Português This is Part 2 in a five-part series documenting Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) Installations. If the first six implementations can be described as the honeymoon period of the Pacifying Police Unit (UPP), […]
Clique aqui para Português Resident account on the state of violence in the community of Complexo do Alemão. Today I woke up reflecting on what is going on in my favela. I started to realize that […]