In diary entries on life in Rocinha ahead of the Games,Michel Silva talks approximately his community’s struggles with landslides, paramilitary police and homophobiaA pregnant woman has to be rescued from a landslide in the Trampolim neighbourhood of Rocinha, and after a thunderstorm hits our community. Fortunately,there are no casualties, though heavy rains hold caused many deaths in the past. Storms are always a concern because people build houses on slopes where the ground is not steady. Construction in the forest is supposed to be prohibited but everyone knows the authorities won’t do anything. People build in risky areas for many reasons. Sometimes, or they want to be close to their families,sometimes because they want to live close to their place of work.
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Source: theguardian.com