Black Women of Brazil

The site dedicated to Brazilian women of African descent

Document points to a late 1980s extreme right plan to exterminate poor populations


Note from BW of Brazil: Over the past year and a half this blog has featured many articles on what appears to be an act of ongoing genocide against the … Continue reading

April 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Rapper DJ Lah among seven massacred in São Paulo; São Paulo rapper 2Pac among survivors: Community suspects a police hit


Rapper is among victims of the latest massacre in São Paulo DJ Lah, of the group Conexão do Morro, is one of seven killed in the early hours of Saturday … Continue reading

January 7, 2013 · 1 Comment

Three missing males found executed; 6 Military Police being accused


Fernando Ferreira Ribeiro, 17, Allan Rodrigues Alves, 18, and his brother Thiago Rodrigues Alves, 24 Continuing with our ongoing coverage of police homicide and misconduct, three men had been reported … Continue reading

January 6, 2013 · 2 Comments

In the northeastern state of Paraíba in 2010, 1,329 blacks were murdered compared to 49 whites; a rate of 27 times higher


Sign: For the end of the extermination of black youth More blacks die in Paraíba, according Map of Violence report by Camila Alves The number of black homicide victims in … Continue reading

November 24, 2012 · 1 Comment

Young black men die by murder, young black women die from lack of health care: "Public security", state authoritarianism and the extermination of the black population


Originally titled: “Os jovens negros morrem e as mulheres negras também morrem (Young black men are dying and black women are also dying)“by Luka* It’s been awhile since the Movimento … Continue reading

November 11, 2012 · 9 Comments

Military Police look into a case of fraud in the investigation of youth killed by police


Thiago da Silva Júnior As we have documented on this blog time and time again, the murder of young, black males by police or death squads is an ongoing problem … Continue reading

September 10, 2012 · 1 Comment

Black teen killed in police Special Operations Battalion sting operation in Rio; family will sue the state


Family accuses BOPE of murder; Military and Civil Police investigating the case. 15 year old died on Saturday during an action in the Parque Arará Favela. The body of the … Continue reading

August 23, 2012 · 1 Comment

Relatives and friends of another slain black youth stage a protest in front of a shopping mall.


Relatives,friends of slain youth stage a protest in front of a shopping mall.by Tássia Correia, Maíra Côrtes and Gatas Negras On Friday, March 2nd,yet another tragedy involving a black teenager happened … Continue reading

March 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Relatives and friends of another slain black youth stage a protest in front of a shopping mall.


Relatives, friends of slain youth stage a protest in front of a shopping mall.by Tássia Correia, Maíra Côrtes and Gatas Negras On Friday, March 2nd, yet another tragedy involving a black … Continue reading

March 7, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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