Deadliest High-Rise Fire
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AMERICAS
Rio’s Long Night: Inside Brazil’s Deadliest Police Raid and a Favela Left to Bury Its Own
By dawn, the air over Rio de Janeiro’s Penha favela smelled of smoke, blood, and disbelief. Residents moved through the…
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Brazil’s War on Faith and Firepower: Inside Rio’s Deadliest Raid
When the smoke lifted over Rio de Janeiro's northern hills, at least 134 people were dead—four of them police officers—and…
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Continuing Impact Fifty Years After Latin America’s Deadliest High-Rise Fire
This year, Brazil marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Joelma Building fire in São Paulo, which claimed the lives of…
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