The story of 8-year-old Ágatha Félix has moved Rio de Janeiro and the country as a whole. Last week, while sitting in the back of a van alongside her mother in a cluster of favelas known as Complexo do Alemão, in the north of Rio de Janeiro, Ágatha was shot in the back by an assault rifle. Eye-witness reports suggest the culprits were military police officers.
Ágatha was rushed to a nearby hospital but died of her injuries.
The response was explosive and immediate. Protests were organized all over the city, with demonstrators throwing red paint all over the...
