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    Rio's Favela da Rocinha watched by a military helicopter - Photo: Agência Brazil

    It’s Time We Call the Killings of Blacks in Brazil by Its Proper Name: Genocide

    Genocide, as defined by the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment ...

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    Burnt communal houses of uncontacted Indians could be signs of a massacre - © FUNAI

    Goldminers in Brazil Massacre Over Ten Indians from an Uncontacted Tribe

    Public prosecutors in Brazil have opened an investigation after reports that illegal goldminers in ...

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    Brazil’s Genocide Project for Blacks: 70% of Those Murdered Are Black

    African-descendants in Brazil are 23.5 percent more likely to be killed than any other ...

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