I don't have "TimesSelect", NY Times premium access. If you have it, check out the article on the explosion of violence in Rio. I've spent the last 3 weeks here and can confirm how serious violence, always endemic to Rio, now is. For the rich, the poor, the law abiding, the criminal. Close to 20,000 violent deaths in Rio last couple years. Crime statistics leave Palestine, Gaza Strip, almost everywhere in the dust.... Rivals worldwide are limited to a few places like JoBurg, Sao Paulo, Mogadishu, Kapaa, Dafur, Washington D.C...
GLOBALIST
War That Doesn't Speak Its Name Rages in Brazil
By ROGER COHEN
Published: January 10, 2007
Rio de Janeiro's taint of blood is the consequence of combining extreme wealth and extreme poverty in a city awash in cocaine and other drugs.
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