Cecília Olliveira Interview -- Arma Branca -- UPP problems, police violence & public security RJ

Cecilia Olliveira is a journalist and researcher, author of Arma Branca, blog dedicated to studies in public security policies,source to the National Department of Public Safety.
In Rio, Cecilia works for the Observatorio de Favelas, coordinated by Jailson de Souza (Talk TEDxRio).
For those who do not have a very clear vision of what happens on the Police Unity in the favelas, this video is a great start.

Batalha do Conhecimento - HipHop Improv Battle in Rio - Part 1

MC Marechal is a legend of Brazilian HipHop.
For years, realizes HipHop Improv Battle for professionals and beginners in rap.
Supports the new talent, culture and disseminates a message of peace and respect for diversity.
Last night was one more HH Improv, with rappers from all over Rio de Janeiro, and also from various slums.

MC Marechal, the first brazilian rapper in BBC Radio.

The Troll Activist 1

Pará drinks blood. But he knew it.

With a beret on his head, one simple prop, takes at the stage José Cláudio Ribeiro, known as Zé Claudio, brazilian ambientalist activist, from Pará state (Brazil´s North, Amazonic Region) applauded and recognized by the audience at TEDxAmazônia. And there is silence to hear the mr. Cláudio.

For a few minutes we walk in speech and mind of someone who made choices motivated by convictions based entirely plausible reasons, data and information that anybody can get through environmental research institutes.

However, Zé Claudio looks more deeply moved by a kind of passion. Passion for the land, the heritage of the world, green, water, animals, justice and peaceful coexistence with the forest. 

Devoid of vanity, Joe was a man of the earth. Ordinary citizen, but notorious militancy, in a place where be militant is to sign the death.That was it.

As a pro-forma act, as the instinct of a beast, Pará show for the rest of country which is the destiny of any person whose speech is free, whose dreams are green, whose life is devoted.  

Pará drinks blood, lick the glass, sucking fingers, the blood of the few that are rising, leading to reflection, questioning and insane exploration , when the human being disrespectful to the earth, and becomes despicable, the worst of creatures.

For the speech that builds a new way, the bullet of cowards gunmen who hide an even more cowardly.

Not only in Pará but, in Brazil life seems worthless, and the people of Para has, rightly, fear.

The strong connections of economic power and State erase any chance of just punishment, especially in our justice system, overcrowded of vices, with the possibility of freeing a murderer by the endless resources that can be filed.

In 2005, the murder of missionary Dorothy Stang - in Pará - teaches us little. And their murderers are freed acquitted by Justice Brasileira. (1), and now we have to endure one more unnecessary loss.

Is death of Zé Cláudio a message? And Congress is able to understand this message? And President Roussef, can get it?Simao Jatene, governor of Pará, walks more concerned about the division of the State, to enrich more explorers

Who will arrest the gunmen? The hunger police, easily purchased for little bucks, they handcuff people in wheel scooter (2), as is done in Natal? 

Zé Cláudio is dead, with him a little bit of our fragile dignity. 

My Protestant mind reminds me  the  history of the first murder. Cain killed Abel. So, cynically responds to God, when this question "Cain, where is your brother? His blood cries unto me from the land. " And the answer to the first murder opens the lie cynism: "Am I my brother's keeper, Lord?" 

So, we walk. Like Cain. With our land soaked in blood of innocent people who yell and charge us an answer, which could well be the rebuilding of our history, rebuilding the judiciary, the rethinking of our relationship with the earth.

Rebuilding this country. Or death. Of  ZéCláudio of Chico Mendes, of us.

Come on, reality, leave me alone.

 The poster says: "Every child has a Right to learn to read and write"

Made by Eliza Schinner, brazilian musicist, at the main entrance of one largest bank in Brazil.