Author: Julia Rochester
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
On 23 July 1993, off-duty policemen opened fire on a group of street children who were sleeping outside one of Rio de Janeiro's most prominent landmarks--the Church of Our Lady of the Candelária. The incident became known as the Candelária Massacre and it roused the people of Rio to the streets in protest. Shortly before the shootings, the policemen picked up three boys and took them off in their car to be shot elsewhere. One of them, Wagner dos Santos, survived and his survival altered the political landscape of Brazil. This book tells his story--growing up in Rio's orphanages and gangland favelas; being shot during the massacre then being shot again a year later in attempt to silence his testimony; and being forced into exile for his own safety.
The Candelária Massacre
Author: Julia Rochester
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
On 23 July 1993, off-duty policemen opened fire on a group of street children who were sleeping outside one of Rio de Janeiro's most prominent landmarks--the Church of Our Lady of the Candelária. The incident became known as the Candelária Massacre and it roused the people of Rio to the streets in protest. Shortly before the shootings, the policemen picked up three boys and took them off in their car to be shot elsewhere. One of them, Wagner dos Santos, survived and his survival altered the political landscape of Brazil. This book tells his story--growing up in Rio's orphanages and gangland favelas; being shot during the massacre then being shot again a year later in attempt to silence his testimony; and being forced into exile for his own safety.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
On 23 July 1993, off-duty policemen opened fire on a group of street children who were sleeping outside one of Rio de Janeiro's most prominent landmarks--the Church of Our Lady of the Candelária. The incident became known as the Candelária Massacre and it roused the people of Rio to the streets in protest. Shortly before the shootings, the policemen picked up three boys and took them off in their car to be shot elsewhere. One of them, Wagner dos Santos, survived and his survival altered the political landscape of Brazil. This book tells his story--growing up in Rio's orphanages and gangland favelas; being shot during the massacre then being shot again a year later in attempt to silence his testimony; and being forced into exile for his own safety.
Candelária massacre. Prejudice towards Brazilian street children
Author: Marcos Alonso Rodriguez
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3656704732
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Psychology - Social Psychology, grade: 66, Nottingham Trent University, language: English, abstract: On 23 July 1993, at night, a group of men fired on a group of over 50 street children who were sleeping in the surrounding area of the Candelária Church, in Rio de Janeiro city centre. Five children and one young adult were killed almost immediately, three others were kidnapped with fatal consequences for two of them. The remaining survived a shot on his face as the gang had left him for dead. Taking in sum, seven children and one young adult where killed in this episode. However the disgrace for the survivors did not stop that night, it is believed that 39 out of the children who used to sleep in Candelária by that time have died in a violent way (AI, 2003). This butchery was carried out by “death squads”, which mainly involved members of the Military Police of Rio, that is, those who are supposed to protect the civilians. Its “origin”, in words of the accused me, was some stones thrown at a police car. The Candelária slaughter has also become famous for being the first time that a Brazilian policeman is found guilty of murdering a street child (Csillag, 1996) In the following pages I will try to explain the general situation of street children, and why they exist in Brazil, while making references to how psychological and criminological theories can explain their situation. However, first I will define “what” a street child is, and what are they major concerns [...]
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3656704732
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject Psychology - Social Psychology, grade: 66, Nottingham Trent University, language: English, abstract: On 23 July 1993, at night, a group of men fired on a group of over 50 street children who were sleeping in the surrounding area of the Candelária Church, in Rio de Janeiro city centre. Five children and one young adult were killed almost immediately, three others were kidnapped with fatal consequences for two of them. The remaining survived a shot on his face as the gang had left him for dead. Taking in sum, seven children and one young adult where killed in this episode. However the disgrace for the survivors did not stop that night, it is believed that 39 out of the children who used to sleep in Candelária by that time have died in a violent way (AI, 2003). This butchery was carried out by “death squads”, which mainly involved members of the Military Police of Rio, that is, those who are supposed to protect the civilians. Its “origin”, in words of the accused me, was some stones thrown at a police car. The Candelária slaughter has also become famous for being the first time that a Brazilian policeman is found guilty of murdering a street child (Csillag, 1996) In the following pages I will try to explain the general situation of street children, and why they exist in Brazil, while making references to how psychological and criminological theories can explain their situation. However, first I will define “what” a street child is, and what are they major concerns [...]
Naked Cities - Struggle in the Global Slums
Author: Mute
Publisher: Mute Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 0955066433
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
According to UN research data, by 2030 half of the world's population will be living in slums. Meanwhile, in Durban, residents of Forman and Kennedy Road settlements risk arrest and police violence to protest forced eviction and demand clean drinking water and sanitation. The statistics are not supposed to talk back. This issue of Mute, largely sparked by Mike Davis' claim that in the megaslums Muhammad and the Holy Ghost have superceded Marx, considers another view of the world's burgeoning 'naked cities'. Where the populace are refugees without rights or basic amenities, are new forms of political action emerging? Texts by: Amita Baviskar, Iain Boal, Anna Dezeuze, Michael Edwards, Melanie Gilligan, Anthony Iles, Demetra Kotouza, Penny Koutrolikou, Josaphat Robert Large, Félix Morisseau-Leroy, Kevin Pina, Richard Pithouse, Benedict Seymour and Rachel Weber
Publisher: Mute Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 0955066433
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
According to UN research data, by 2030 half of the world's population will be living in slums. Meanwhile, in Durban, residents of Forman and Kennedy Road settlements risk arrest and police violence to protest forced eviction and demand clean drinking water and sanitation. The statistics are not supposed to talk back. This issue of Mute, largely sparked by Mike Davis' claim that in the megaslums Muhammad and the Holy Ghost have superceded Marx, considers another view of the world's burgeoning 'naked cities'. Where the populace are refugees without rights or basic amenities, are new forms of political action emerging? Texts by: Amita Baviskar, Iain Boal, Anna Dezeuze, Michael Edwards, Melanie Gilligan, Anthony Iles, Demetra Kotouza, Penny Koutrolikou, Josaphat Robert Large, Félix Morisseau-Leroy, Kevin Pina, Richard Pithouse, Benedict Seymour and Rachel Weber
At Home in the Street
Author: Tobias Hecht
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521598699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This book lays bare the received truths about the lives of Brazilian street children.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521598699
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This book lays bare the received truths about the lives of Brazilian street children.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Social Construction
Author: Kenneth J Gergen
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761972297
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This reader introduces a number of important viewpoints central to social constructionism and charts the development of social constructionist thought.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761972297
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This reader introduces a number of important viewpoints central to social constructionism and charts the development of social constructionist thought.
Final Justice
Author: Ben Penglase
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
ISBN: 9781564321237
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Contents.
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
ISBN: 9781564321237
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Contents.
Globalization and Survival in the Black Diaspora
Author: Charles St. Clair Green
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791434154
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Links the plight of contemporary urban dwellers of African descent across North America, Europe, the Caribbean, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa, examines their coping strategies, and advocates social policies sensitive to their cultural and societal differences.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791434154
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Links the plight of contemporary urban dwellers of African descent across North America, Europe, the Caribbean, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa, examines their coping strategies, and advocates social policies sensitive to their cultural and societal differences.
Break Through
Author: Ted Nordhaus
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618658251
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618658251
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
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Living on the Street
Author: Colin Hynson
Publisher: Gareth Stevens
ISBN: 9780836859614
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Discusses the many reasons why children take to the streets in South American cities and what kind of help is offered to them, particularly looking at one eighteen-year-old's life on the streets of a city in Brazil.
Publisher: Gareth Stevens
ISBN: 9780836859614
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Discusses the many reasons why children take to the streets in South American cities and what kind of help is offered to them, particularly looking at one eighteen-year-old's life on the streets of a city in Brazil.