
Favela Citizenship and the UPPs
“I just want to be happy, walk with tranquility in the favela where I was born. And be proud and have the awareness that a poor person has his place… My dear authorities, I don’t know […]
“I just want to be happy, walk with tranquility in the favela where I was born. And be proud and have the awareness that a poor person has his place… My dear authorities, I don’t know […]
Clique aqui para Português For the original article in Portuguese click here. An evolving project, one that will not solve all of Rio’s problems, much less from one day to the next. This is the […]
Last Thursday afternoon, minutes before the meeting of Cantagalo/Pavão-Pavãozinho residents and Sub-prosecutor general at the Court of Human Rights Leonardo Chaves regarding violence and abuses by UPP police officers, a loud dispute broke out on […]
“In theory it sounded like one of the most innovative models for including citizens in the democratic decision making process,” one Federal University of Rio doctoral candidate told me. Her research focuses on participatory processes […]
“Now, we will pay our historic debt to Rocinha. The UPP Social will be here every day, represented by our local managers. History has changed: the city will no longer be divided but become integrated” […]