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Brazil: Vigilante Militias Take Over Rio de Janeiro Slums

Written byJose Murilo
Posted 1 January 2007 23:01 GMT

Marginal Revolutions reports about the vigilante militias that allegedly have taken over Rio de Janeiro slums, ruling as feudal lords and imposing taxes, as a result of the collapse of legal policing in these areas.

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