After ten police officers are charged with the murder of a favela resident, Complexo do Lins cautiously welcomes pacification. Broadcast on BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight on 7 October 2013

The Pacification of Complexo Do Lins, October 2013

England have qualified for the World Cup; Scotland have not. But would Brazilians have even heard of football were it not for the efforts of a zealous Scot?

Thomas Donohoe: The real father of Brazilian football?

The pacification of the Complexo do Lins (quality version)

Brazil remains an overwhelming Catholic country, but the church has lost ground in recent years to the evangelical movement. The rise of the evangelists presents a challenge to other faith groups too, particularly the practitioners of Afro-Brazilian religions, such as Candomble and Umbanda. First broadcast on Radio 4's Sunday on 3 December 2013.

Making way for new gods: African Spiritualism struggles to survive in Brazil

How will Uruguay's plans to regulate its marijuana market work? On BBC R4

Rozilene Ferreira

An interview with Dom Orani Tempesta, archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, on the eve of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Sunday

Rio Archbishop, Church PokeStops, Trump's religious sidekick.

Two years after Brazil devastating 7-1 defeat to Germany in the World Cup, the two sides met again at the Maracanã.

Brazil play Germany at the Maracanã for Olympic Gold

Ex-BBC Radio 4 Journalist. Working as a freelancer in Rio de Janeiro.

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