Security forces have always been unaccountable for their actions in the favelas. But under Bolsonaro, things have gotten even worse. The New York TimesMar. 16, 2020 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It was around 5 a.m. on an average Tuesday. I was sitting on the sofa eating toast when I received […]
Posts Tagged ‘police brutality’
Brazilian Police Are on a Rampage
Posted: 18th março 2020 by Vanessa Barbara in New York TimesTags: esculacho, favelas, Maré Vive, police, police brutality, Raull Santiago, Rio de Janeiro
Don’t Turn a Radical Activist’s Death Into a TV Melodrama
Posted: 5th abril 2018 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: democracy, favela, human rights, LGBT, Marielle Franco, Matheus Melo, military intervention, police brutality, Rio de Janeiro
The New York Times March 28, 2018 by Vanessa Barbara Contributing Op-Ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It has been more than a month since Brazil’s Army took control of public security in the state of Rio de Janeiro, following a presidential decree to tackle crime. One of the most eloquent voices against that intervention had been […]
