I seem to have picked an interesting time to visit Brazil: one where over 90 buses (at last count) have been torched in São Paulo and rumors of similar prison gang rebellions in two other states (at last count) persist and where the RJ government affirms that everything is just fine in Rio.
81 dead (15 civilians), 180 attacks, in the latest from O Globo.
I guess I have to hope that this won’t reach Rio in the next two weeks or so, since I won’t be in the tourist paradises of Rio but rather a section next to some of the favelas. And we ride the bus. Or maybe they’ll focus their attention on the rich targets; then I’ll only be in trouble when I have to get from/to the airport (passing over or through large sections of said favelas on the way).
3 Comments