Rio On Watch

The Never-Ending Eviction: Demolition, Protest and Police Violence Once Again Rock Favela do Metrô
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 00:00
Early Tuesday morning, January 8, representatives from the City arrived unannounced at Favela do Metrô-Mangueira to demolish homes
Worst International Reporting on Rio’s Favelas: 2013
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 00:00
The absence of ordinary people’s voices, of local business-owners, community organizers, artists, activists, leaders and others is the major defining feature of bad reporting on Rio’s favelas
Investment Funds in the UPPs: The Financial Speculation of Misery
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 00:00
The UPPs cannot be understood as separate from the mega-events that will take place in Brazil in the next few years, especially the World Cup in 2014.
Study Finds: Militias Dominate 45% of Rio's Favelas
Monday, December 9, 2013 - 00:00
The study also shows that 370 communities, or 37% of the total, are still controlled by drug traffickers. The Pacifying Police Units (UPPs) are stationed in 174, or 18% of the favelas.
Confusion Over Future of the UPP Program
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 00:00
Folha de São Paulo newspaper reported that the Rio State Security Secretariat was suspending the implementation of new units to try to “save” the program. The next day, on Monday afternoon, the Secretariat released a statement stating there wou
Shaky Foundations: Brazil's Citizen Security Paradigm
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 00:00
The complex institutional status of an embedded military police in Brazilian domestic affairs highlights the dangerous ability of the military to block progress towards a full-fledged democracy
More Than a Quarter of Favela Residents Have Felt Discriminated Against
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 - 00:00
According to the study, 59% of residents agree that those who live in communities in the urban periphery are discriminated against.
Community Photographers Observe the Pacification Operation in Lins
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - 00:00
Through our presence on the hills of Arvore Seca, Cachoeira Grande and Do Amor, our cameras not only intimidated the police in the acts of house searches, but also calmed residents.
Estradinha: "As long as one house is at risk of removal, the entire community is at risk"
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 00:00
Many will continue fighting until public works are installed and the attempts at removal completely stopped.
"The Governor pacified Rocinha just as in Germany. The only thing missing was a gas chamber."
Friday, October 4, 2013 - 00:00
Is this Governor Sergio Cabral's innovative pacification policy? Is this the way to transform this marvellous city? Is this the community model which the President asked of the Governor?

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