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Bloodshed eases in Brazilian favelas after court ban on police raids

Rocinha slum Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThomson Reuters Foundation Andre Dread was on his rounds handing out food parcels to poor families in City of God, one of Brazil’s most notorious slums, in May when the familiar sound of gunfire from a police raid sent him running for cover. Two weeks later, the Supreme Court banned all such […]