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Brazilian soldiers deployed by armored vehicle, truck and helicopter Friday to reinforce police after heavily armed drug traffickers rampaged through the country’s biggest favela,...
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Brazilian soldiers deployed Friday to help Rio de Janeiro police after heavily armed drug traffickers rampaged through the country’s most heavily populated favela, spraying...
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Rio de Janeiro drug gangsters gave a famous statue of Michael Jackson a scary new prop in a photo circulating on Brazilian social media:...
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Eleven worshippers gunned-down in a Nigerian church funded by a man accused by some of being a drug lord and described by others as...
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Brazil has mobilized some 8,500 soldiers Friday in Rio de Janeiro state to fight organized crime and a spike in street violence. Some of...
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The Brazilian government has deployed a thousand additional personnel to combat insecurity in Rio de Janeiro, which has seen a spike in violence in...
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A spasm of violence in Rio claimed another life Monday as a policeman was shot dead, a day after a gun battle sparked panic...
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Teachers in violence-wracked Rio de Janeiro started a new course on Monday — they are learning how to react to the shootings and violence...
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The clashes between demonstrators and security forces which have overshadowed the Group of 20 (G20) summit in the German city of Hamburg are part...
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Hundreds of residents from Rio de Janeiro’s ultra-violent favelas descended on the posh Copacabana beach area Sunday to plead for an end to lethal...