Violence
Brazil Is Not Winning Its War Against Violence on Black Women
Every year, Amnesty International releases a report on the state of human rights across ...
Without Police, Rio’s Drug Lords Show Who Are the Bosses in the Favelas
After the Brazilian government spent tens of millions of dollars securing the city of ...
The Police Are Back to the Streets of Brazil. Army Now Is Going to Rio
Residents of Vitória, the capital of Espírito Santo state, staged a Peace Walk on ...
In Brazil, Bloody Police Strike Goes On in Espírito Santo and Spreads to Rio
Despite an announcement by the government that the state of Espírito Santos, in southeastern ...
End of Chaos. After 127 Murders, Brazil Police Call Off Week-long Strike
After a week of total chaos that left more than 120 people dead, the ...
Hit by a Police Strike, Looting, Dozens of Dead, Brazil City Begs for the Feds
Brazil sent 200 federal troops into the state of Espírito Santo, in southeastern Brazil, ...
Brazil: The Day the Munduruku Found Out the Police Were Not Their Friend
The Tapajós River Basin lies at the heart of the Amazon, and at the ...
Human Rights Watch Blames Brazil’s Prison Overcrowding on Country’s Anti-Drug Law
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized Brazil’s prison overcrowding problem in its World Report ...
After Murder of 20 Candidates, Armed Forces Deploy 25,000 Men for Brazil’s Elections
The gunning down of a string of candidates ahead of nationwide municipal elections this ...
Outrage: 24 Years Later, Carandiru Prison Massacre of 111 is Called Self Defense
On October 2, 1992, the blood of 111 dead prisoners literally flooded the corridors ...
