Brazil’s highly militarized policing disproportionately impacts poor and racialized communities. By providing funding and training, the United States has helped exacerbate the crisis.
A TOURIST riding in an Uber taxi was shot dead in a hail of gunfire after her driver took a wrong turn into a dangerous suburb in Brazil. Diely da Silva, 34, died instantly when the car she was in ...
The gang was founded in the 1990s inside a Sao Paulo prison and it has extended its influence throughout the country, becoming one of Brazil’s largest criminal organizations.