Kathrin Zeller

Kathrin Zeller is working as a project coordinator in Brazil for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Her focus is economic, social and ecological development. Her masters degree (the German "Diplom") was in Sciences of Latin America from the University of Cologne/ Germany as well as a journalism degree from the Free Journalism School, Berlin. She is currently enrolled in an MBA in ‘Sustainability Management’ at Leuphana University in Lüneburg/ Germany.

Brazil’s divided society: a legend of good and bad gangsters

A few weeks before the World Cup kicked off, reports began to appear in the international press about violent riots in the cities of Brazil, especially in Rio de Janeiro - events at one and the same time bizarrely normal and something new.

By Kathrin Zeller

/ 1 Jul 2014