Brazil: violence in (merged thread)

[davidbfpo]

A commentary that explains why soldiers are so often on the streets and the refrain "Oh no, not again":

The army has, in effect, become a “parapolice” force – a substitute for the country’s badly stretched police. Contrary to what some doom-mongering commentators say, this doesn’t signal an impending military coup, but it does show just how badly the authorities have failed to maintain public security.

Link:https://theconversation.com/brazil-is-relying-on-soldiers-instead-of-regular-police-heres-why-73034?