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Offline TomSea

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Violence during Rio Carnival spotlights security woes
« on: February 15, 2018, 03:53:45 pm »
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Violence during Rio Carnival spotlights security woes
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A series of muggings, armed robberies and confrontations during Rio de Janeiro's Carnival celebrations are underscoring the deteriorating security situation in the city.

TV Globo on Wednesday showed videos of gunfire between rival drug gangs, teenagers punching tourists in areas usually considered relatively safe and a policeman narrowly escaping after several people attacked him in front of his home.

Rio state Gov. Luiz Fernando Pezao acknowledged there weren't enough police on hand during the first couple days of Carnival, though more than 17,000 policemen worked in Rio state each day during the festivities.

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Re: Violence during Rio Carnival spotlights security woes
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2018, 03:57:55 pm »
The have pretty strict gun laws in Brazil.
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Re: Violence during Rio Carnival spotlights security woes
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2018, 04:37:55 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on February 15, 2018, 03:57:55 pm
The have pretty strict gun laws in Brazil.

Yeah, that's what I thought too.
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Re: Violence during Rio Carnival spotlights security woes
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2018, 01:33:18 am »
Doesn't sound like anyplace I'd want to visit -- "carnival" or not...
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Re: Violence during Rio Carnival spotlights security woes
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2018, 05:01:22 am »
I'm more troubled with the rate of domestic violence in Brazil, even getting down to the killing of women down there.

We have this picture of sunny beaches and women in bikinis down there but it's got its dark side too,

And the Favelas, something like neighborhoods, consist of many that are too dangerous to go into, they may have strict gun laws, I don't know but they have very vicious criminal gangs, about the same as Mexico.
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