Nicholas Wheeler worked as a priest in London before becoming Priest Missioner in the City of God (Cidade de Deus) in one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas, Brazil. His blog about the City of God here.
'The City of God is now occupied territory. Occupied by the military police.
Life in places like Cidade de Deus is a parallel society where outlaws are the law. Residents can get electricity, gas, water, tv and internet services for next to nothing by paying a small fee to the bandits.
So as well as closing seven crack houses, the police shut down the pirate TV service, the illegal sale of gas and confiscated motorbikes used by criminals to rob cars in wealthier suburbs.' (details here)
João Pina’s photo essay Gangland – Rio de Janeiro’s Urban Violence
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