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Roberto Cabrini delves into the alleys and labyrinths of the largest favela in the country, in one of the states hardest hit by COVID-19, and reveals a dramatic picture of large-scale contamination. Among unprotected residents, the journalist shows the absence of the State and the omnipresence of drug trafficking, while the coronavirus spreads through the Rocinha Favela. Cabrini shows how residents try to organize themselves to face not only the disease, but also hunger, the result of an army of unemployed people. Between alleys and lanes, the journalist gets to know stories that are being told by the residents themselves, in a mix of venting and crying for help. The program reveals increasingly common cases of people who die inside their shacks for fear of facing the already overcrowded hospitals and shows how community leaders try to change the situation by spreading information. On a Mother's Day that brought together hope and nonconformity, losses were mixed with timid celebrations.