Clique aqui para Português Last Saturday, September 16, a Session of Short Films “For the English to See” took place in Vila do Pinheiro, in Complexo da Maré in the North Zone. During the event—named after […]
Clique aqui para Português Brazil’s first Olympic gold medal was won by Rafaela Silva, a judo player from City of God. Despite all the obstacles associated with being a black woman from a favela, she […]
Clique aqui para Português Residents report how they are forced to hide from gunfire and how the UPP is far from being a project of peace. Since the beginning of June, frightened residents of City of […]
Clique aqui para Português This article by Juliana Portella is one of a series of five opinion pieces on the impeachment by community reporters published this week on RioOnWatch. Ju, as Juliana prefers to be called, is […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese by Juliana Portella published in Viva Favela click here. City of God was the second community in Rio de Janeiro to receive a Pacifying Police Unit (UPP), in […]