Amidst the limited reporting here of the protests against bus fare rises and then with a wider theme a report on how Brazilian police can act:I suspect this fact may explain a lot:A security force operation in northern Rio de Janeiro has left eight people dead, as the country struggles to contain a popular uprising partly fueled by police brutality.Not seen these figures before, they are rather sobering:a Special Operations Battallion (BOPE) sergeant was killedLink:http://www.insightcrime.org/news-bri...favela-protestPolice in Rio and Sao Paulo, Brazil's two biggest cities, have killed 11,000 people in the last ten years - in 2008 one person was killed for every 23 arrested, compared to the US police average of one death per 37,000 people arrested.
If you're thinking of visiting Brazil for the World Cup in 2014, time to rethink?
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