I’M sorry but there’s not going to be much time left to ignore World Cup 2014 – and all eyes are on Rio de Janeiro.
But this series is actually about the lives of the city’s residents, and the daily goings-on in the favelas.
As Rio prepares for the World Cup and the Olympics, the Brazilian government has launched a military campaign to wrest control of the areas from drugs gangs; a process known as Pacification.
This first instalment comes from one of the first favelas to be pacified, Cantagalo, and one of its residents, Rocky, is a delivery man who works everyday, hauling fridges, ovens and televisions on his shoulders, to support his family.
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