El Río de Violencia (The River of Violence)
The city of Río de Janiero, Brazil, is experiencing a vicious and violent crisis. Armed gangs have taken over the slums of the city, known as favelas. In 2009, it got so violent that favela gunmen shot down a police helicopter during a city level civil war. Drastic wealth separation and a history of dictatorship and political oppression contributes to this issue, but one of the main drivers of this crisis that I will be focusing on is the unstable weather patterns that are produced as a result of climate change in the Northeast region of Brazil, the Nordeste , The Nordes...