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In the city’s favelas, a new generation of ‘narco-pentecostals’ are embracing Christian symbols

State governor says surprise operation against drug gangs and mafia groups is start of ‘transformational’ occupation

Members of Red Command drug faction accused of crime that caused outcry across Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Murders are surging in northern Brazil’s Amazonas state and particularly its capital Manaus, the economic heart of the vast rainforest region, according to data from the state’s public security secretary.

Paul Avrich discusses the position of anarchists during the Civil War in Russia, including Makhno in the Ukraine and the repression of anarchists in Russia itself.

<strong>The long read</strong>: Flordelis grew up in a Rio favela, but rose to fame after adopting more than 50 children, becoming a hugely successful gospel singer and winning a seat in congress. And now she is on trial for murder

Police have been ordered into the streets of the Brazilian city of Manaus, amid a wave of attacks on buses, cars and banks that began on Saturday night and forced the city to halt public transportation and left some residents afraid to leave home.

The Red Command is known for its heavy involvement in drug and weapons trafficking, a key conduit for weapons and drugs arriving from nearby Colombia and Venezuela before being shipped on to the US and southern Latin America.

English Analysis on Colombia and 3 other countries about Health, Protection and Human Rights and Epidemic; published on 12 May 2021 by ACLED

‘They came to kill’: Rio’s deadliest favela police raid sparks calls for change Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro Shaken, shoeless and with a gaping bullet wound to one of his feet, the young man staggered through Flávia Luciana’s front door at around 8am last Thursday as Rio’s decades-long drug conflict plumbed horrifying new depths. “Help me! For the love of God! Help!” she remembers him pleading as he sought shelter inside. It would be one of his last acts. About ...