Meanwhile the two officers continue their police work in a different part of the city. In recent months, there has been growing press attention about the killing of children in Brazil. Eneas'case is just one of the many that create the statistic that every three days a child is assassinated in the city of S o Paulo. In pursuit of first world status and development, Brazil has betrayed its long history as a culture especially tolerant and loving of children. International concern for the Eneases of Brazil is important because the present government is particularly sensitive to its image abroad.
Pressure can help bring individuals like the military policemen to justice.
However, it is also important that those of us who are concerned about Brazil's murdered children also be ready to ask more difficult structural questions not only of the Brazilians but also of ourselves and our own political, economic and social systems. It is the result of human infrastructures built on power, control and domination. These elements will never create societies or a world where our children can be nurtured in dignity. Perhaps like Jovelina, we need to start looking the enemy in the eye, recognizing and fearlessly challenging the hate we meet there and in our own hearts. Paulo and the northeast of the country.