Rio Gringa

friday fun

So on Friday night I made a big dinner of mango chicken and rice (which came out well, surprisingly). Then we went over to Eliseu's cousin's house with Eli's brother and other cousin, where for the first hour or so the boys played a socc...

The Real BOPE (SWAT)

I'm including some videos here regarding my long post about Elite Squad and the war in Rio. They are short, they are REAL footage and they explain the favela wars and about BOPE, the Brazilian SWAT and Rio's war. And, they have English s...