State bullets rain down on favelas
2 August 2019
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Brazil - State bullets rain down on favelas
Since January and the start of the mandate of Rio de Janeiro’s new governor, Wilson Witzel, a close associate of President Bolsonaro, police violence against favela residents has risen sharply. There were 558 deaths in the first four months of the year, more than four a day. These are the worst statistics since these victims were first recorded in 1998.