ABOUT

"The grave's not too big, Nor is it too wide, It's the land you wanted, To see them divide." The Death and Life of a Severino by João Cabral de Melo Neto (translated by Elizabeth Bishop, American poet).

Cova Medida is a multimedia project based on a journalistic investigation into assassinations of activists in the Brazilial countryside. The research was carried out by NGO Reporter Brasil, an independent journalism agency. The project aims to remove from anonymity the stories of people who were assassinated due to land use and exploration and labor conflicts in the far rural areas of the country. Crimes which remain largely unsolved.