Three soap operas, entitled Por Amor, Torre De Babel and Meu Bem Querer, which featured story lines addressing urban issues such as racism, street violence, and prisoners rights.

Rights, education, political development, community development.

As the population in Brazil's cities increases, urban issues such as racism, street violence and prisoners rights have become increasingly important. In order to address these issues in the media, producers of telenovelas have been encouraged to add them to their story lines.