"The gangs of Rio"
© Photo by John Pina. "Vesguinho" (center) in the favela drug lords Park Royal in Ilha do Governador, Rio de Janeiro. Click image to enlarge. It's worth finding the work of the Portuguese photographer Joao Pina on his official website , especially the pictures of Roberto Saviano, the Italian writer who lives for 29 years hiding under police protection since the publication of the book "Gomorrah," which exposes the ills the Neapolitan Mafia. The online edition of the newspaper The Observer recently published a photographic essay of John Pina, entitled The gangs of Rio , are images that record the cruel reality of drug trafficking and corruption in Rio's favelas.
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