Massacre in the favela: Rio’s police take on the gangs

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“In Rio de Janeiro, the term ‘public safety’ has become synonymous with ‘public massacre’,” said Tom Farias in Folha de S. Paulo.
On 29 October, a square in the Penha neighbourhood was turned into an open-air morgue – following the deadliest police raid in our country’s history, in which…

This story appeared on theweek.com, 2025-11-15 07:40:00.
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