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In this article we reflect on the difficulties of the First Command of the Capital (PCC) in institutionalizing itself in the state of Minas Gerais. Based on data made available in a criminal trial, obtained through wiretapping authorized by the court to scrutinize the structure of the PCC, we present the resistance that inmates and inhabitants of Minas Gerais have to the three structuring axes of the Command due to their demand for greater autonomy. We understand that this independence (i) for socialize within other inmates in prisons, (ii) for establish rules in the drug trade and (iii) for the use of violence can be read as part of a dynamic of masculinity. Therefore, sexist values, such as autonomy and the possibility of using violence to resolve conflicts, continue to play a prominent role in the nonsubsumption of "bandits" in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte (RMBH, acronym in Portuguese) to the PPC authority. The behavior of Minas Gerais criminals clash with the rules of the First Command of the Capital, especially the ones related to the rationalization and predictability of deaths. In short, Minas Gerais seems to approach the male criminal dynamics of Rio de Janeiro, but in a more fragmented way, given the absence of effective criminal governance in its territory, which implies constant disputes between small deviant groups [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study has the general objective of analyzing the (in)efficiency in the allocation of public spending on education in Elementary School (ES) and its spatial distribution in the municipalities of the state of Minas Gerais. To achieve the proposed objective, the non-parametric technique Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was used to estimate the efficiency scores. Subsequently, these scores were submitted to spatial analysis to verify their spatial distribution in the territory of Minas Gerais. Two models were estimated: Model 1 referring to the initial years of ES and Model 2 referring to the final years of ES. Among the two models evaluated, Model 1 concentrates the largest number of efficient municipalities; although they presented the lowest amounts of public educational expenditures per ES student. The municipalities considered efficient should serve as a reference for the inefficient ones in terms of public education resource allocation practices, educational performance and service provision in that area. In addition, it was still possible to identify that in models 1 and 2 there are 23 benchmarks units that are distributed in the state of Minas Gerais, and are located mainly in the Jequitinhonha, Norte de Minas and Vale do Mucuri mesoregions, north of the capital. Belo Horizonte, which have low levels of economic and social development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to analyse sociologically the adaptations Islamic religiosity has been undergoing in Minas Gerais state, one of the most conservative states of Brazil and a bastion of Catholicism. In order to understand the consequences of the cultural negotiation in the practise of a religion that is considered to be 'foreign', and to what extent this process is guided and intermediated by Muslim leaders or defined by 'individual' decisions of believers, we analyse four important points addressed by Islamic normativity: Islamic clothing, prayers, halal food, and marriage. This research draws on 18 months of participant observation and interviews. We contend that community members, especially women, have a revived and rigorous religious practise, sometimes exceeding the demands of the Sheikh, not only due to the influence of global conservative religious movements, but also because of an elective affinity between the conservatism of Minas Gerais and traditional Islamic values concerning family and gender. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the recently discovered coronavirus SARS-Cov-2. The disease became pandemic affecting many countries globally, including Brazil. Considering the expansion process and particularities during the initial stages of the epidemic, we aimed to analyze the spatial and spatiotemporal patterns of COVID-19 occurrence and to identify priority risk areas in Minas Gerais State, Southeast Brazil. An ecological study was performed considering all data from human cases of COVID-19 confirmed from the epidemiological week (EW) 11 (March 08, 2020) to EW 26 (June 27, 2020). Crude and smoothed incidence rates were used to analyze the distribution of disease patterns based on global and local indicators of spatial association and space-time risk assessment. Positive spatial autocorrelation and spatial dependence were found. Our results suggest that the metropolitan region of the State capital Belo Horizonte (MRBH) and Vale do Rio Doce mesoregions, as major epidemic foci in the beginning of the expansion process, have had important influence on the dispersion of SARS-CoV-2 in Minas Gerais State. Triangulo Mineiro/Alto Paranaiba region presented the highest risk of infection. In addition, six statistically significant spatiotemporal clusters were identified in the State, three at high risk and three at low risk. Our findings contribute to a greater understanding of the space-time disease dynamic and discuss strategies for identification of priority areas for COVID-19 surveillance and control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We propose an analysis of the formation of urban spaces for the use of crack and other illicit drugs in the Lagoinha neighborhood, central Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Known as "Cracolândias", these territories are analyzed from the perspective of the ecology of crime, which raises the question about the distribution of deviations and crimes in urban centers. The study has quantitative data and a qualitative research of the neighborhood in question, which serve as a basis for knowledge of this complex social reality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article analyzes how Political Science teaching is organized in the interior of the state of Minas Gerais. It is justified by the fact that the understanding of such disciplinary area is still very focused on Brazilian capitals, especially where there are postgraduate courses, at masters and doctoral levels. We are interested in evaluating the specificities focused in the countryside, especially in Minas Gerais, because it is a state with greater numerical concentration of federal universities in Brazil, besides having, in addition to the capital Belo Horizonte, departments and undergraduate courses in Social Sciences, which offer courses and have faculty dedicated to specific research and extension courses in Political Science. Empirically, the investigation focused on the collection and analysis of data on: a) courses offered, b) syllabi of compulsory and elective subjects, and c) Political Science faculty training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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