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Slave hotels of the Amazon Day and night the men roll up outside the Correntão supermarket, a roaming army of impoverished workers, searching for a better future and …
  Dancing with the DevilJune 6, 2009
In early 2007 I came across Pastor Dione dos Santos, a charismatic evangelical preacher who tries to save Rio's gangsters from a life of crime with his Bible. After writing about Dione's work in the slums of west Rio …
Scenes from GoianiaAugust 6, 2008
Covering the appalling murder of British teenager Cara Burke in Brazil's midwest has not made it an easy week. But the sunsets that descend on the city each night were at least some distraction. This is the view from my …
Take away Fio-DentalAugust 2, 2008
This week I'm in Goiania, a small city in Brazil's midwest covering the murder of British teenager Cara Burke. Goiania is known for its cattle industry and the city's steak houses are packed to the rafters with chewy beef. So …
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