What does reparation and good living mean in Brazil, which houses the largest Black population in the African Diaspora and was the last country in the Western hemisphere to abolish slavery? What does reparation and good living mean in a country that enacts unyielding police violence and genocide against Black people? On October 28th, 2025, “Operation Containment” was ordered by Cláudio Castro, the governor of Rio de Janeiro, who authorized more than 2,500 civil and military police officers to raid the Alemão and Penha favelas in Rio under the auspices of “war on crime.” The police officers murdered at least 121 people, making it the deadliest massacre in Brazil’s history. These extrajudicial executions were overwhelmingly enacted against Black and poor communities.

Moreover, the sniper rifles that were used in senseless massacre were sold to the police unit in Brazil by the U.S. government. What does reparation and good living mean in Brazil, which is the country that not only has the highest anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes in the world–which disproportionately impacts Black travestis and transgender women–but has overwhelming incidences of gender-based violence? Recently, Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies approved a draft legislative degree that would not only prevent girls who are victims of rape from access to legal abortion but also would prevent the Brazilian government from running campaigns against child marriage. The approval of the legislative degree has sparked the nation-wide campaign, “Criança não é mãe” (“A child is not a mother”).