Flavie Halais is a freelance writer based in Montreal, focusing on urban development. She is currently studying the impact of mega-events in Brazil and Rio de Janeiro's pacification program.
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Published in: openSecurityNairobi's solution to terrorism: blame the SomalisLast week’s crackdown on Somali refugees reads like a show of force by a government that desperately wants to hide...
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Published in: openSecurityThe demonstration games
Recent protests over a bus fare increase signal a major shift in Brazilian society as the growing middle class...
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Published in: openSecuritySpectacle and surveillance in BrazilThe unprecedented series of mega-events which are set to take place across Brazil in the coming years have lead to...
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Published in: openSecurityPacifying Rio: what's behind Latin America's most talked about security operationRio de Janeiro has engaged in an ambitious security operation aimed at freeing its favelas from the control of gangs...
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Published in: openSecurityRio's favela residents fight mega-event evictionGleaming plans for urban revitalization ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics include the not-so-shiny...