Just Another Morning in the Vidigal Favela With Wild Firefights

By Henry Montalto

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Another busy morning in the Vidigal favela in Rio de Janeiro, with wild police firefights. Families and children are often waking up in the morning to the sound of shooting. Is this the price to pay for security, or is it just terror?

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