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Weekly Report - 28 September 2017 (WR-17-38)

BRAZIL: UPP bastion falls

Until recently, Rocinha was seen as one of the city of Rio de Janeiro’s safest favelas, but a surge in drugs-related violence now threatens to ruin that image. The decline of Brazil’s biggest and perhaps best-known favela has become a potent symbol for the deteriorating public security standards in Rio de Janeiro.

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