In Rio de Janeiro, A Community Caught In The Crossfire

Since the end of the World Cup, shootouts between gangs and law enforcement have become the new normal for residents of a favela in Rio de Janeiro.

Tracy Lee
By Tracy Lee
Brazil Gun Culture

RIO DE JANEIRO --- Francisca Thamires Nascimento Alves should be free to attend college classes, go to a corner store or luncheonette, and walk through her community with her friends. But because the 17-year-old lives among the series of sprawling hilltops that make up the cluster of favelas of Complexo do Alemão (which translates to German

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Protesters Battle Police As Brazil Auctions Off Oil Field

Demonstrators were met with rubber bullets and tear gas as they protested the auction of the Libra oil field to foreign corporations.

Jo Erickson
By Jo Erickson

As the auction of Libra, a deepwater oil field in Brazil, closed to applause, there were also sounds of rubber bullets and teargas. About 300 demonstrators calling for the nationalization of Brazil's oil industry clashed with police outside the luxury beach-side hotel where the bidding took place, with security officials firing tear gas and rubber

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Brazilian Government To Hold Emergency Meeting As Protests Escalate

A day after a protester was killed amid nationwide rallies, Brazil’s president has called an emergency cabinet meeting.

Lauren McCauley
By Lauren McCauley

Up to a million demonstrators marched on the city of Rio de Janiero Thursday night in an overwhelming statement that the ongoing protests which have rocked the country for the past few weeks are about "more than just 20 cents." Similar demonstrations were reported in over 80 cities across the country with a total turnout estimated at roughly 2

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Brazilian Cities Cave To Protesters’ Demands; More Demonstrations Planned

The governments of both Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro announced they would be lowering their public transit fares back to their previous rates.

Jill Langlois
By Jill Langlois

SAO PAULO, Brazil — The governments of both Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro announced Wednesday night that they would be lowering their public transit fares back to their previous rates after two weeks of protests across Brazil. Sao Paulo's Governor Geraldo Alckmin and Mayor Fernando Haddad said that the city's bus, metro and train fare would lose

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