RIO DE JANEIRO --- Francisca Thamires Nascimento Alves should be free to attend college classes, go to a corner store or luncheonette, and walk through her community with her friends. But because the 17-year-old lives among the series of sprawling hilltops that make up the cluster of favelas of Complexo do Alemão (which translates to German
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Since the end of the World Cup, shootouts between gangs and law enforcement have become the new normal for residents of a favela in Rio de Janeiro.