It's like the Middle Ages… there's no purpose other than living another day
ara, a slight, dark-skinned woman of 31, manages the favela of Parque Royal, in Rio de Janeiro, for a gangster named Fernandinho. She calls herself his sub-delegada. When I met her, Iara was organising a 10th-birthday party for the youngest of her three daughters. She wore a T-shirt, shorts, flip-flops, and a black baseball cap over a ponytail. Her T-shirt had a message, in Portuguese: "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from evil. John 17:15." There was a bulge where a pistol was tucked into her shorts.
Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
Tags: 10th Birthday, Ara, Baseball Cap, Birthday Party, Bulge, Favela, Gangster, Iara, Middle Ages, Parque Royal, Pistol, Rio De Janeiro, T Shirt, Three Daughters, X22