Tag: Terra Encantada

By Juliana Tafur, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – In a notoriously violent favela in Rio's North Zone lives a thirteen-year-old boy named Eric Marley. His early childhood in the Terra Encantada (Enchanted Land) slum was plagued by gang...

By Juliana Tafur, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – It’s summertime in the United States and in Chester, Connecticut, one the most prestigious youth leadership camps is currently underway. Gilvan Silva de Oliveira de Aragzo and Jhonatan Sales Cordeiro are...