Tag: favela
In Brazil, thirteen people killed during a police operation in a favela near Rio
Police operation in the Salgueiro complex, in Sao Gonçalo, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 23, 2023. CARL DE SOUZA / AFP Thirteen people, at least, including a leader…
In Brazil, art and bullets in a large favela in Rio
LETTER FROM RIO The ‘azulejos’ panels of the Memorial to Victims of Gun Violence in the Maré favela complex in Rio de Janeiro. LAURA TAVES From a distance, we can…
Brazil: purchasing power, decisive for voters in a favela in Rio
Residents wait to be able to vote in the double legislative and presidential ballot in Brazil, on October 2, 2022 near Rocinha, the largest favela in Rio de Janeiro (AFP…
Michelle Bolsonaro, from the favela to the Alvorada
Michelle Bolsonaro at a campaign rally for her husband, in Rio de Janeiro, July 24, 2022. BUDA MENDES/GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP This July 24 in the morning, the Maracanãzinho is…
at least 18 dead after police operation in Rio favela
Residents of the Complexo do Alemao favela demonstrate against the police raid in which 18 people died, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 21, 2022. MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP…
The Ballet Manguinhos, an oasis threatened with disappearance in a Rio favela
This school teaches dance for free to 410 students. The health crisis and the loss of subsidies threaten its existence. “I don’t know what I would do without ballet. It’s…
Brazil: 11 dead during a police operation in a favela in Rio
A year after the bloodiest police raid in a favela in the history of Rio de Janeiro, a new muscular operation by the police left 11 dead on Tuesday, May…
Latin America Brazil: 21 dead in a police raid in a favela in Rio
At least 21 people were killed on Tuesday in a new bloody police operation in Rio de Janeiro, a year after the deadliest raid in the city’s history, which had…
Video: Brazilian Adriano found drunk on a motorbike in a Rio favela
The descent into hell continues for Adriano. Now 40 years old, the former Brazilian striker was found drunk and drinking a beer on a motorbike in a favela in Rio…
Eight dead in police operation in favela
1/6 The covered body of a man lies on the street after he was killed during a police operation against suspected drug dealers in Rio de Janeiro’s Vila Cruzeiro favela.…
“We demand justice for the massacre in the Jacarezinho favela”
In Sao Paulo (Brazil), on May 13, 2021, activists protest against a police operation that took place in the Jacarezinho slum in Rio de Janeiro. AMANDA PEROBELLI / REUTERS Thursday…