Book published
– Operação Rio – Relatos de uma Guerra Brasileira
(Scritta, Immediate History Collection, 1995)
Describes Rio de Janeiro’s "favelas" (slums) violent routines and its occupations by the Brazilian Army, in 1994, resulting in raids aiming to fight drug gangs and "organised" crime. The book is derived from material originally collected over a 92 days reportage for O Estado de S. Paulo national newspaper) but goes beyond the factual headlines. Due to its depth approach into questions on public security policies and state violence, the book was quoted as one of the main sources in a Human Rights Watch report about the issue.
