Congratulations to Afro-Brazilian journalist @Cecillia! She was nominated for the @RSF_inter (Reporters Without Borders) Press Freedom Awards for her impactful work on Rio de Janeiro's armed conflict involving police, militias and drug cartels.

Read below for some links. https://twitter.com/RSF_pt/status/1328733727141355523
In this story, her team combed 27 neighborhoods over 100 days in Rio de Janeiro in the immediate aftermath of gun battles. The bounty: 137 spent ammunition casings, or shells.

Such a unique story. https://theintercept.com/2019/12/16/brazil-bullets-guns-ammunition-analysis/
Bullet Shells Found in Rio de Janeiro Tell Stories of Gun Violence

The gun violence that plagues Rio is made possible by ammunition made largely in Brazil, but also from all over the world. We collected the evidence.

https://theintercept.com/2019/12/16/brazil-bullets-guns-ammunition-analysis/
In this story, tells the story of how the Amigos dos Amigos drug faction fell apart. It's a primer on Rio's drug factions. https://theintercept.com/2018/12/13/brazil-rio-de-janeiro-drug-gangs/
The Betrayals, Arrests, and Gun Battles That Brought Down a Top Drug Gang

A monthslong investigation by The Intercept Brasil chronicles the end of the notorious Amigos dos Amigos cartel in Rio de Janeiro.

https://theintercept.com/2018/12/13/brazil-rio-de-janeiro-drug-gangs/
In this one, she called out a local "plantation" that had black employees reenacting slavery.

Yeah after this was published, they definitely stopped that. https://theintercept.com/2016/12/06/tourists-visit-plantation-in-brazil-and-are-served-by-black-slaves/
Tourists Visit Plantation in Brazil and are Served by Black “Slaves”

Slavery as a tourist attraction reveals how Brazil naturalizes its prejudices.

https://theintercept.com/2016/12/06/tourists-visit-plantation-in-brazil-and-are-served-by-black-slaves/
In this article in Portuguese, she explains how the myth of Brazil as a racial democracy hid the reality - apartheid. https://theintercept.com/2020/11/10/apartheid-a-brasileira-como-a-falacia-da-democracia-racial-escamoteou-o-racismo-das-leis/
Apartheid à brasileira: o racismo disfarçado no discurso de lei e ordem

No Brasil, a gente caiu no conto da democracia racial, um mito popularizado pós-período escravagista. Enquanto isso, aprovamos leis racistas cujos reflexos são sentidos diariamente.

https://theintercept.com/2020/11/10/apartheid-a-brasileira-como-a-falacia-da-democracia-racial-escamoteou-o-racismo-das-leis/
In this article she explains the relationship of the assassination of vereador Marielle Franco and the rise of militia groups in Rio. https://theintercept.com/2018/04/05/milicia-controle-rio-de-janeiro/
Exclusivo: as milícias assumiram o controle do Rio de Janeiro

Número de denúncias contra paramilitares na cidade já é maior do que contra o tráfico. Criadas sob aplausos de governantes, elas lucram sem serem incomodados.

https://theintercept.com/2018/04/05/milicia-controle-rio-de-janeiro/
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