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Brazil: Governor-elect Proposes Escalating Military Role in Rio

HeadlineNov 01, 2018

In Brazil, the newly elected governor of Rio de Janeiro, Wilson Witzel, has proposed extending and escalating the military intervention in Rio, including a proposal to authorize snipers to shoot anyone carrying a weapon in poor neighborhoods, known as favelas. Witzel won Rio’s gubernatorial race by allying himself with Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right former Army captain who won Brazil’s presidential elections Sunday. The military intervention in Rio has caused a surge of homicides, with police and soldiers killing at least 900 people over the last six months.

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