by Community Contributors
Complexo do Alemão
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March for Peace Amidst Ongoing Violence in Complexo do Alemão
Two young men are reported to have been killed on Sunday in Fazendinha, Complexo do Alemão, North Zone—only one day after activists expressed their frustration with the area’s excessive violence in a March for Peace demonstration […]
Favela Culture
A Country Called Favela by Renato Meirelles and Celso Athayde [BOOK REVIEW]
Clique aqui para Português Um País Chamado Favela (in English, A Country Called Favela) by Renato Meirelles, president of Data Popular, and Celso Athayde, co-founder of CUFA, examines the accomplishments of favelas and their economic advancements, with analysis of informal housing and its economic power […]
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Teenager Shot Dead by Police in Complexo do Alemão
A 17-year-old student was shot dead in Complexo do Alemão on Saturday September 27. According to witnesses, Marcos Heleno was shot by police and was left to agonize on the sidewalk until the ambulance arrived […]
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What Went Wrong With The UPPs?
For the original in Portuguese by Jorge Antonio Barros published in O Globo, click here. Misconduct, all too common among the troops, cannot be swept under the rug in the favelas, where residents are tired of being oppressed between […]