{"id":16444,"date":"2014-06-25T11:48:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T14:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=16444"},"modified":"2015-12-23T22:20:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T01:20:38","slug":"favela-residents-protest-against-police-violence-world-cup-impacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=16444","title":{"rendered":"Favela Residents Protest Against Police Violence & World Cup Impacts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On June 23, on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the police operation in Mar\u00e9 which killed ten\u00a0people<\/a>, a demonstration\u00a0took place starting in the Chap\u00e9u-Mangueira<\/a> favela in Rio’s South Zone. The protest united favela residents from various communities who are suffering brutal consequences associated with\u00a0Rio’s hosting of the World Cup and Olympics–such as the militarization of the favelas through Pacifying Police Units (UPPs)<\/a> and the armed forces, forced removals<\/a>, gentrification<\/a>, and criminalization of local culture. Their message stated in the title of the event and banners used, was that “the party in the stadiums is not worth the tears in the favelas.”<\/p>\n

The UPP program is far from living up to its promise<\/a> to bring peace and public security to Rio’s favelas. The mothers of some of the victims of UPP police violence were present at Monday’s event, including Ana Paula Gomes de Oliveira, mother of 19-year-old Jonathan de Oliveira Lima<\/a> who was killed by the Manguinhos<\/a> UPP in May. She stated that \u201cI am here to demand justice in the name of my son, in the name of all the youth who’ve been killed. I am here to shout that the favelas cannot be silenced. I am convinced that united, the favelas will not be conquered.\u201d She and others demanded an end to the UPP and the militarization of the favelas.<\/p>\n

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Children from the community painted crosses that were gathered in a black coffin decorated with bloody handprints, a strong symbol of the many lives that have been lost in “the war against the poor” in the favelas. Others painted Brazilian World Cup t-shirts on the wall with the names of some of the victims of the state, such as Cl\u00e1udia Ferreira who was dragged behind a military police vehicle<\/a> in March and Amarildo de Souza who was tortured and killed by Rocinha UPP<\/a> last year, symbolizing the link between the World Cup<\/a> and these killings. There were also capoeira, funk and hip hop performances, embodying the protest’s slogan of\u00a0\u201cMore poetry, less police.”<\/p>\n

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Members of feminist movements, teachers, and many others\u00a0who have been protesting on the streets of Rio\u00a0since June last year were also present in solidarity with favela residents. Christina Baroni from the Movimento Feminino Popular held up a picture of Andr\u00e9 de Lima Cardoso Ferreira, killed by UPP police in Pav\u00e3o-Pav\u00e3ozinho<\/a> in 2011. She said the World Cup cannot cover up the suffering and death of the youth in the favelas and that the protest\u00a0is important in bringing people and movements together to demand justice.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators looked to highlight that police brutality and lethal violence are ongoing in UPP favelas, even in the midst of the celebratory mood of the World Cup. On Sunday night, hours before Monday’s protest, shootouts in various parts of Complexo do Alem\u00e3o<\/a> claimed the lives of police officer Fabio Gomes da Silva, 30, and local teenagers Gabriel Ferreira, 17, and Lucas Lima, 15. Last week, 25 year old Afonso Maur\u00edcio Linhares was refereeing a soccer match outside his home when he was shot and killed<\/a> by UPP police in Manguinhos, just 6km from where the Chile-Spain World Cup match was taking place.<\/p>\n

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At Monday’s event, around 20 people from different communities and organizations gave their testimonials and calls for change\u00a0before\u00a0everyone gathered banners and signs and walked\u00a0down to march along Copacabana beach. There, they\u00a0joined with more demonstrators\u00a0from the protest entitled \u201cFIFA, Go Home,\u201d organized by the Frente Independente Popular<\/a> to march past the FIFA Fan Fest towards Pav\u00e3o-Pav\u00e3ozinho, where dancer\u00a0Douglas Rafael da Silva Pereira was killed UPP police<\/a> on April 22. As well as the march, demonstrators called attention to forced removals<\/a> by marking crosses in the sand with the names of communities currently facing eviction<\/a> in Rio. Together protesters\u00a0called for an end to forced evictions and the militarization of the favelas and for\u00a0prioritized investments in education<\/a>, health<\/a>\u00a0and sanitation<\/a>. However as today’s announcement of eight new armored tanks<\/a> – known as caveir\u00f5es<\/em>\u00a0or “big skulls”\u00a0–<\/em> to be deployed from Monday in police operations in Rio’s favelas shows, the widespread\u00a0calls for less militarization are not yet being heeded.<\/p>\n

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