Brazilian soldier is jailed for 20 years for providing surveillance to the country s most dangerous gang by patrolling the streets in his uniform
Ex-Army soldier Manoel Resende will be spending the next 20 years of his life in prison for aiding Brazil s largest criminal organization
The 26-year-old provided training to members of the Primeiro Comando da Capital [PCC] or First Command of the Capital
Resende, who had been out of the military for four years, used his experience to provide surveillance for the group s drug traffickers in the state of São Paulo
ACT Alliance Rapid Response Fund (RRF): Environmental and Floods Disaster in São Paulo, Brazil (25 January 2021)
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The São Paulo State is home 45 million people ranging from very vulnerable communities to well structure urban and rural areas. From the beginning of the pandemic, it is the epicentre of the COVID-19 in Brazil, with around 1.5 million cases and 47,768 deaths until this day. By December 2020, the summer storms season started, bringing great damage to the poorest areas of São Paulo. From 2016 to 2020, more than 75 people died from floods, 35 only in 2020.
In the São Paulo Municipality, the most affected districts are in the East, the Northwest and the South. The Jacuí and Jardim Santa Helena neighbourhoods are in an area that follows the river course of the Rio Tietê. The Grajaú district has many poor communities living in the shore of the city’s larger reservoir in informal settlements.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Twelve municipalities along the São Paulo coast decided not to comply with the State government s decision to temporarily place all state municipalities in the red phase of the São Paulo Plan in order to halt the spread of coronavirus. The weekend began with large tourist activity and crowded beaches. The cities say they have stepped up their inspection of protocols.
Among the cities maintaining the yellow phase are nine municipalities of Baixada Santista (Bertioga, Cubatão, Guarujá, Itanhaém, Mongaguá, Peruíbe, Praia Grande, Santos, São Vicente), as well as Caraguatatuba, Ubatuba . . .
Les Levidow
The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated vulnerabilities and inequalities worldwide. An estimated 246 million children are missing out on the school meals they rely on and 49 million people are expected to fall into poverty globally during the course of this year. While the crisis has exposed the fragility of state support systems in protecting the most vulnerable, it has prompted manifestations of solidarity from below, including in food provisioning. Are these solidarity responses a transitory boon or can they drive change towards more equitable and sustainable food systems?
On the 24 November, IDS convened a panel of experts to explore how civil society organisations, rural social movements, urban solidarity networks, academics and others have come together in solidarity in Brazil to tackle some of these emerging inequalities. (You can watch the full event below.)