World Cup Rio
[Rio chaos in
countdown to kick-off: Gunfights and
killings in shanty towns have
escalated just weeks before the
World Cup begins in Brazil by Donna
Bowater, Rio de Janeiro] "Ricardo
Ferreira Mirapalheta can’t remember
whether the bullet mark left on the
window of a community centre was
fired by a police officer or a
gangster.
Nor does it matter. Since it
happened, the scar of gunfire has
spread like a fracture across the
corrugated window, a constant
reminder of the violence that has
plagued Maré, one of Rio de
Janeiro’s biggest favelas.
“There were children in here.
Everyone just threw themselves on
the ground,” he recalled.
Close to the international airport
and home to 130,000 people, Maré is
the welcome mat for visitors
arriving in Rio de Janeiro, and the
biggest target for authorities in
the run-up to the World Cup in
June..." Full text:
Rio chaos in countdown to kick-off
Eccl 10:2, Jn 10:10, Am 8:5
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