A look inside a Brazilian jail

December 5, 2009

Check out this blog post from Jay Bauman

Rio de paz
“Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.” – Hebrews 13:3
Last weekend I had the unique opportunity to again go inside a Brazilian jail. Words can not express the experience, but [...]

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Favela walls?

December 4, 2009

Walls are going up around the hillside slums of Rio de Janeiro, further dividing a city already separated between rich and poor.
Beneath the gaze of the statue of Christ the Redeemer, work is nearing completion on one of 19 walls to be built around the city’s sprawling favelas — the informal and often crime-ridden shantytowns [...]

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Drug traffickers set bus on fire in Rio

December 4, 2009

Three suspected drug traffickers were arrested in Rio de Janeiro on charges that they burned a bus in the tourist district of Copacabana, apparently in reprisal for the police occupation of the “favela,” or shantytown, in which they live, Brazilian police said.
Officers arrested three men Tuesday who were carrying fuel and two grenades on suspicion [...]

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Police occupy favela Pavaozinho/Cantagalo

December 4, 2009

With the occupation initiated this Monday, November 30, of the Pavão-Pavãozinho and Cantagalo favelas (slums), in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, which are controlled by drugs traffickers, the Rio Military police is starting an operation that by the end of 2010 should be offering what they call “community security” to 30% of those who live [...]

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Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani visits a favela

December 4, 2009

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani says Rio de Janeiro can become a safe city before it hosts the 2016 Olympics. And his consulting firm will be paid to offer advice on how to make that happen.
Giuliani visited a slum in Rio on Thursday and praised Rio’s efforts to pacify the violence-plagued areas where drug [...]

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Racism in Brazil

November 30, 2009

This is an article I got from deepbrazil.com. Too many, Brazil seems as if it is free from racism, but that is far from the fact. In Brazil, unlike other countries, different ethnic groups interact a lot – sometimes peacefully, sometimes not. This interaction leads, frequently to mixed marriages, genes and cultural [...]

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Favela cartoon

November 29, 2009

A cool short animation about 2 orphans in a favela.
http://bubblesoftstore.com [...]

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Gringolado: Simon Keegan

November 28, 2009

My first impressions of Brazilian favelas came through the media. I was still living in the United States, so newspapers, films, music, and the internet were my only sources for Brazilian culture. I spent a great deal of time focusing on all things Brazilian throughout college. Yet, despite the depictions of violence and crime, I [...]

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Volunteering: Changing the favela through technology

November 24, 2009

Check out this video about CDI, a community organization, which brings computer literacy to the favela. If interested in volunteering check out their website cdiglobal.org
http://bubblesoftstore.com [...]

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Mos Def in the favela City of God

November 24, 2009

4REAL tv series did an episode with Mos Def visiting a project called CUFA in City of God with the brazilian rapper MV Bill. Check out the videos.

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