Forced Eviction of Community NGO Follows “Pacification” of Vidigal
Clique aqui para Português While arriving up top of Vidigal–one of Rio’s most scenic South Zone favelas–by moto-taxi on Saturday, I couldn’t help but [...]
November 2011
Maré Man Assassinated by Police, Residents Report
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese published in Renajorp click here. November 23, 2011–According to preliminary testimony from [...]
BOPE Addresses Rocinha at Community Meeting
Rapid change is coming to Rocinha following police occupation of Brazil’s largest favela last Sunday. This Wednesday evening, November 16th, residents filled a [...]
Recipe for the Government We Deserve
Clique aqui para Português I was recently asked to write an essay to start off a debate about the importance of transparency, and its relationship to participation, in Rio [...]
Hurricane BOPE to Make Landfall in Rocinha
With less than 24 hours before the announced invasion and occupation of Rocinha by a combination of police and military forces, I made the mototaxi ride up the hill to visit [...]