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Latest News from Rio de Janeiro's Favelas

June 2–8, 2018
Volume IX Issue 18
Peripheral Representation from the Favela to Elite Universities
LEGACY TRANSLATION Marielle Franco’s Letter to the ‘Bastard Students’ of Exclusive Rio University - Marielle Franco, Cheyne Bull, RioOnWatch
FAVELA CULTURE ‘The Favela Is Sending Its Message!’ Alemão Poetry Slam Celebrates Its First Anniversary [IMAGES] - Edmund Ruge, Antoine Horenbeek, RioOnWatch reporters
RESISTANCE Brazil LGBT pride parade sends political message - EFE
Evictions, Occupations, Land Rights and Land Use Planning
MONITORING Six Takeaways from the Popular Council’s Meeting with Rio’s Mayor - Tyler Strobl, RioOnWatch human rights reporter
VIDEO IBGE Building Demolition, Part 1: Mayor Crivella Calls Former Occupants ‘Slaves’  - Émilie B. Guérette, RioOnWatch

IMAGES IBGE Building Demolition, Part 2: Occupation as a Legitimate Act - Émilie B. Guérette, RioOnWatch
URGENT Luísa Mahin Occupation in Salvador Facing Imminent Eviction [IMAGES] - Emilie B. Guérette, RioOnWatch
LAND USE Debate on Land Use in Rio de Janeiro Asks: Where Should the City Grow? - Sabrina Magalhães, RioOnWatch event reporter
Rio and Brazil Politics
ELECTIONS Where Gangs Pick the Politicians, a Murder in Rio Ignites a People’s Revolt - David Biller & R.T. Watson, Bloomberg
TRUCKERS STRIKE The Week That Stopped Brazil - Caio Almendra, Jacobin
INTERVENTION Military Operation in Rio Uses 5,000 Soldiers in Six Favelas - Lise Alves, The Rio Times Online
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