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Soldiers and cops occupied the Favela da Rocinha in 2017 to execute prison warrants against drug dealers. There is a scene in the classic TV show The Wire in which Major Colvin says: “ I mean, you call something a war and pretty soon everybody gonna be running around acting like warriors. They gonna be running around on a damn crusade, storming corners, slapping on cuffs, racking up body counts. And when you are at war, you need a fucking enemy. And pretty soon, damn near everybody on every corner is your fucking enemy. And soon the neighbourhood that you're supposed to be policing, that's just occupied territory.” Source: Wikimedia Commons/Author: Fernando Frazao
17 August 2022
Julián Quintero is a sociologist from the National University of Colombia. In 2008 he founded the Social Technical Action Corporation that would give rise to the Échele Cabeza project. (Photo: Fran Brivio)
1 August 2022
“Your leaves of green, your purples and blue/ Has cured little kids, and old women too/ And I say to myself, what a wonderful herb!” (Damian and Stephen Marley, ‘Medication’). According to the Brazilian government, there is no such thing as medical cannabis, despite all the evidence presented in the medical literature. Source: Wikimedia Commons/Author: Tomaz Silva.
29 July 2022
Women’s incarceration is on the rise across Latin America and is growing at a much faster rate than that of men, with devastating consequences for the women deprived of liberty, their families and communities. Source: WOLA
11 July 2022
On the left, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with Gilberto Gil, then Minister of Culture. On the (far-)right, President Jair Bolsonaro, who dissolved the Ministry of Culture in the first year of his administration. Sources: Agencia Publica/Palacio do Planalto/Wikimedia Commons.
4 July 2022
Lack of information on adulterants and additives in the MDMA supply can lead to bad experiences or worse outcomes. Knowledge is power in harm reduction. Source: serpeblu
28 June 2022
Shoes of loved ones who have died through the opiate epidemic in the city at presentation on The International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) 2020. Source: Wandering views
21 June 2022
Photos courtesy of Yes on Measure 110
9 June 2022
The police confront the residents of the Cracolandia neighborhood in 2019. Residents are frequently harassed by the police and must deal with military-like interventions in their neighbourhood. Photo: Yandry_kw
25 May 2022
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