PhD in Sociology from the State Univ. of Rio de Janeiro (IESP-UERJ). Researcher at the Nucleus of Social Theory and Latin America (NETSAL). Former visiting researcher at the Institute of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (IEALC) of the Univ. of Buenos Aires.
In Brazil, threats to journalists are constant and come from politicians, businessmen, landowners, miners, drug traffickers and militiamen. Even the sons of the current president use their social networks to promote violence against these professionals.
