Brazil

Since 6am the morning of Thursday, 20, about 150 riot police moved in to evict the Community of Peace in Vicente Pinzón. The reason for evicting around 350 poor families is the planned construction of a higher end, touristy housing development. All part of a process of gentrification that’s...

While live streaming the protest “Copa sem povo, tô na rua de novo” Karinny suffered a long series of outrages by the Military Police. In the live stream we saw a frame where she claimed she had been assaulted. The transmission was disconnected and Karinny stopped filming. After being...