Sunday, February 18, 2007

High security at Rio carnival

Rio De Janeiro annual carnival is escorted this year by extra police officers after recent violence that left Brazilian Samba star dead. However, the city mayor Cesar Maia is not worried of the effect of violence on the carnival "No, quite the opposite. I think that given these unfortunate events, Rio de Janeiro will work past these events to reaffirm its nature and identity as people who are calm, peaceful and happy.”


Read more at BBC

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