Brazilian surgeons have sewn a man's hand to a 'pocket' inside his stomach in order to save it from being amputated. Carlos Mariotti lost both his fingers and all the skin from his hand. Carlos ...

It was at one of those exhibits — at the Latin America Memorial in São Paulo in 2011 — that the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB) in Brazil discovered the arpilleria technique. The exhibition, ...