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Reportage 5 Ms. African Praia, Cape Verde. Located in Santiago, the largest island of this archipelago and island country, it’s a city that encapsulates everything that is charming about these ten volcanic islands. Despite having only begun to be populated from the 15th century onwards, both the capital city and the nation have developed a great reputation with those who visit them, not only for their rich history, unique culture and good climate, which makes Cape Verde a popular tourist destination, but also for being one of the most developed and democratic countries in Africa, thanks to its stability and developmental growth despite its lack of natural resources (for exemple, according to the Freedom in the World yearly survey and report, Cape Verde occupies the number one spot at the African rank, the only African country to reach the maximum rating). And it is precisely in a simple street in the center of this humble city that we find ourselves in an equally simple building to

Reportage 4 Ms. Americas Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nicknamed Cidade Maravilhosa (Marvellous City in Portuguese), it is a nickname that lives up to this imposing city in South America, being the birthplace of Samba, the stage of the biggest show on Earth, the Rio Carnival, and the holder of countless historic and famous landmarks, such as Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf Mountain and Copacabana Beach. However, our focus will not be in any of these landmarks. Instead it will be done in a place a little further away, in an equally important historic landmark of the city: the Candelária Church. Built on the second half of the 18th Century (1775 - 1811), this church, whose architecture combines elements of Baroque, Neoclassical and Neo-Renaissance, is considered one of the most beautiful Roman Catholic buildings in Rio de Janeiro, with a rich history of both positive and negative events. And it’s exactly inside the Candelária Church that we meet our two featured athletes that we are going to