'We Are Traumatized': Residents of Penha and Germany Tell How to Live in an Area Dominated by Traffic

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In Vila Cruzeiro, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, hundreds of residents protested against the police operation carried out on Tuesday. The action, directed against the Vermelho Commando (one of the largest criminal groups in Brazil), resulted in the death of approximately 120 people. “The police came here to commit a massacre,” declared Ana Maria Pereira, 18, resident of this neighborhood of narrow streets crowned by tangles of cables. Relatives of …

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It was Tuesday and the sun hadn't yet risen when Jéssica Pereira, 36, woke up startled, before her alarm clock rang. Her routine, which begins at six in the morning, was interrupted by the intense sound of gunfire in the community. Quickly, the shrill sound of bullets crossing the street intensified, causing her and her family to run to another room in the house seeking protection. While hiding in the bathroom, Jéssica heard a conversation outsi…

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Car trunks, iron bars, tires, and even old furniture used as barriers to close some roads to Villa Cruzeiro, in the North Zone, are visible signs that it is coming to a conflict zone. In Avenida Bras de Pina, out of the favela, a card hanging on the front of a closed trade shows the word “peace”, while the population tries to keep a normal routine, five days after the operation that left 121 dead and a trace of fear in the region.