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SOS Rio: Military Police kill 434 in 2019
Bolsonaro ally Governor Wilson Witzel’s Military Police are now killing 5 people a day. Most victims are Afro-Brazilian youth. Many are being killed execution …
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RJ Governor orders helicopter snipers: Police kill 13
Rio De Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel orders use of helicopter snipers in poor communities and police break 20 year record for killing civilians. On …
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“Fahrenheit 241”: A burning Museum became a ghastly symbol of post-coup Brasil
Brasil’s Education crisis is not a crisis, it is a project. – Darcy Ribeiro. Across the political spectrum Brazilians will tell you that the …
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Military Operation in Maré: Harassment, Illegality and Murder
The action lasted over 14 hours, leaving one dead, dozens of injured and thousands of angry citizens. As Rio de Janeiro’s military occupation reaches …
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“Lots of Gunfire, Little Intelligence”: Rio’s Military Failure
Deaths in massacres have increased while arms apprehensions have dropped, according to data from the Candido Mendes University Center for Security and Citizenship Studies’ …
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Brasília: Homeless Workers Occupy Federal Cities Ministry
Thousands march against increase in violence, mass evictions and criminalization of social movement leaders On June 5, bus caravans arrived in Brasilia from across …
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São Paulo: 34 days after fire, victims still living in tents
City, State and Federal Governments abandon victims of Paysandu fire and building collapse By Benedito Barbosa On May 1, a former federal police building …
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The Paysandu Fire and the Right to the City
By Brian Mier. In the early morning of May 1, a 24 story building on Paysandu square in central São Paulo caught fire and …
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A Tragedy Foretold: FLM leader Osmar Silva Borges on the Paysandu Fire
Although squatters are frequently treated as criminals in the national and international media, according to article 5 of the 1988 Brazilian Constitution, any citizen …
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When Living is a Privilege, Occupying is a Right
According to the Brazilian Constitution of 1988, land banking is a crime. Unlike in, for example, the United States, it is illegal for a …
