View from the Rio favelas: `They promised a legacy of peace, but Brazil is now at war` | Daiene Mendes
(The Guardian Brazil)

In her diary item on life in Alemão one year on from the Games in Rio, Daiene Mendes says the sports mega events did not bring security but more repressionLeia este artigo na lingua originalA year has gone by since the Olympic Games. Only 147 of those 365 days ended without the residents of Complexo do Alemão hearing gunshots. After the promises of hope and the Games´ legacy of peace, 218 days were accompanied by a soundtrack of gunfire. On 218 days we were afraid we wouldn´t make it home alive; we were scared to leave the house in case we were hit by a stray bullet; on 218 days we were afraid that the walls of our homes might be hit. To pretend that we were not in a war zone, the military police painted their armoured military tanks - popularly called caveirão, or `big skull` - white. Related: View from the favelas: A legacy of corruption, neglect and repression | Daiene Mendes Related: Jogos Olímpicos do Rio: A vista das favelas - `No Alemão, as mortes não são investigadas` Continue reading...