Brazilian authorities move to force drug addicts out of a neighborhood known as Crackland
(LA Times Latin America)

It was 6 a.m. on a Sunday when Rafael Matos da Silva was jolted awake by the repeated crashes of a battering ram against his front door. When he looked out the second-story window, police in riot gear yelled at him to come downstairs. He opened the door, and officers stormed inside, shoving Silva...