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Death of black boy sparks protests in Brazil

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Recife, Jun 5 (EFE).- Some 700 people mobilized on Friday in Recife, the capital of Brazil's Pernambuco state, to protest over the death of a five-year-old black boy who fell from the ninth floor of a luxury building while under care of his mother's employer.Social movements and activists summoned through social media on Friday, marched from central Recife up to the residential compound where the fatal accident occurred, apparently due to the negligence of the employer and held up banners on racial and social discrimination.The accident took place on Wednesday in the Pier Mauricio de Nassau, more popularly known as the "Twin Towers" of Recife - two tall residential buildings at seaside - when the mother of the minor, who worked as a maid went out to walk the dogs of her white employer. (Camera: DIEGO NIGRO).SHOT LIST: PROTESTS AFTER THE DEATH OF FIVE-YEAR OLD MIGUEL DA SILVA IN RECIFE, BRAZIL.

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