November 10, 2015: In Rio de Janeiro’s Complexo do Alemão, a group of “pacified favelas,” surging violence has claimed the lives of children and police officers, calling into question the government’s policing strategy.
STORY UPDATE: Rio State prosecutors have charged on police officer with homicide in the case of Eduardo de Jesus Ferreira.
December 10, 2014: Brazilian police are trying to stem the flow of cocaine and derivative drugs that are smuggled down the Amazon into the city of Manaus.
March 3, 2014: Psychiatric patients and mental health workers from the carnival block “Tá pirando, pirado, pirou!” compose sambas to challenge prejudice and bring joy.
March 2, 2014: In the Rio carnival block “Tá pirando, pirado, pirou!” psychiatric patients, their families, neighbors and mental health workers turn carnival craziness on its head.
At Carnival, Where Challenging Normal Is the Norm