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.