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Carnival 2016: more tolerance, more reflection

Despite budget cuts and disease-bearing mosquitoes, both street carnival and the carnival parades went off pretty much without a hitch this year. Last night however, there was a horrific battle (apparently without victims) between police and residents in Inhaúma, near … Continue reading

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