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Aljazeera.com
March 29, 2018
More murders happen in Brazil than in almost every other country on earth, most of them in favelas like the Alemao in Rio de Janeiro. The slum spreads over the hills west of the city's main airport like a shabby blanket. Up to 70,000 people live here. With various drug factions fighting for control, shotsÃâà...
New York Times
March 28, 2018
The commander has also expressed interest in getting “collective warrants” that would be issued for a broad area — for example, an entire favela — rather than a specific address. ... So there's no point in bringing more terror and repression to favelas, killing more of the same people (black, young and poor).
OpenCanada
March 20, 2018
Other politicians before and alongside her have done the same in Rio without having been shot, but they were not a black woman from the favela — the most vulnerable kind of body. Still, as Franco used to insist, black women from the favelas face their daily struggles with resistance and creativity, and theyÃâà...
The Guardian
March 17, 2018
The favela is hidden from the roaring highway that connects the nearby international airport to Rio's centre by an opaque plastic fence. Authorities call it an “acoustic barrier”. Local people scoff and say it is there to hide their ramshackle but vibrant community from tourists, noting that in front of the nearbyÃâà...
OZY
March 8, 2018
The road to the Maze is steep and windy. After zigzagging our way up Tavares Bastos, a hilltop favela in Rio de Janeiro, we step into a narrow alleyway where neighbors chat and hang laundry out to dry, their doors open for relief from the summer heat. Inside the Maze, there's a panoramic vista ofÃâà...
The Guardian
February 27, 2018
A suspect remains handcuffed after being arrested by Brazilian soldiers, during a joint operation at the Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela in Rio de Janeiro this month. Photograph: Mauro ... Like many Rio favelas, Salgueiro hosts outdoor parties, called bailes, where music blasts until dawn. There was aÃâà...
The Independent
February 18, 2018
“With our poetry interventions, we not only show the art of the favela to the outside world but we also show people from favelas that they can do something meaningful too”. For Andrea, the best feeling about being a street poet is to witness a change within the favela: “It's a great feeling to see people from theÃâà...
gulfnews.com
December 31, 1999
Rather than view the move as an invasion, violence-weary residents of the favelas, or shantytowns, hailed it as a liberation. “They want to check my ID? Fine!” said Magna Oliveira, 50, who runs a van-rental business in Vila Kennedy, a favela founded in the 1960s with the aid of US funds disbursed byÃâà...
The Guardian
December 31, 1999
The incident came 11 days after the assassination of Rio councillor Marielle Franco, who had denounced recent killings of favela residents blamed on the city's notoriously lethal police. In 2017, according to official figures, 1,115 people were killed as a result of “opposition to police intervention” in Rio state.
InDaily
December 31, 1999
Poem: In the Favelas. Books & Poetry. In this week's Poet's Corner, Valerie Volk contributes a poem about Rio de Janeiro's confronting hillside slums, from her South American travelogue collection. Compiled by John Miles. Wednesday March 14, 2018 Inside Rocinha favela, Rio de Janeiro.
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