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Sao Paulo (Brazil), 6 June (EFE). A black 18 to 30 year old man living in a favela is three times more likely to be killed in a police operation in Brazil, experts warn. Afro-Brazilians make up 55 percent of the population but represent over 75 percent of fatalities in police custody.FOOTAGE INCLUDES SOME ARCHIVE MATERIAL AND FOOTAGE SHOT BY CARLA SAMON VIA SKYPEFOOTAGE SHOWS FUNERAL OF AFRO-BRAZILIAN AND SOUNDBITE OF CÉSAR MUÑOZ, SENIOR RESEARCHER AT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH (HRW) IN LATIN AMERICATRANSLATION:"Police violence is a chronic human rights problem in Brazil, which has worsened in recent years, but especially since Jair Bolsonaro took office as president with his speech saying that the police should kill more."
Residents of COVID-19-stricken Manaus stage a protest against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, as the South American country has reported the highest daily COVID-19 death toll in the world over the last days. IMAGES
Images of the AdventHealth Celebration acute care hospital, Florida, where Brazilian far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro is reported to be hospitalized with abdominal pain. News of his hospitalization comes the day after far-right protesters invaded the presidential palace and Supreme Court in the Brazilian capital, Brasilia. IMAGES
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 13 (EFE).- Dozens of women took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro Wednesday to protest against the veto of the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, on the free distribution of sanitary napkins for girls and women under social vulnerability conditions.The protesters gathered at Cinelandia Square in the evening, where they criticized the "lack of sensitivity" of the president. (Camera: JANAÍNA QUINET).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO PROTEST AGAINST THE VETO OF PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO ON FREE TAMPON DISTRIBUTION, IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.SOUND BITES: SUSANA DE OLIVEIRA, ONE OF THE PROTESTERS (IN PORTUGUESE).TRANSLATION: We have a president who is against that, who does not help, who only takes basic necessities from the people. We are going backward. It is something unheard of.
Sao Paulo, Sep 12 (EFE).- Thousands of people took to the streets all across Brazil on Sunday to demand the ouster of President Jair Bolsonaro, but the demonstrations served to show the lack of unity among the opposition despite the escalating threats against democratic institutions being made by the ultrarightist leader.The demonstrations held in a number of state capitals around the country, including Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, featured the protesters' demand for Bolsonaro's impeachment with an eye toward removing him from the presidency, but they also included an assortment of other demands. (Camera: WALLACE CARVALHO)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL, JAIR BOLSONARO.SOUND BITES: CIRO GOMES, FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE DEMOCRATIC LABOR PARTY (PDT, CENTER-LEFT)CIRO GOMES:"Whoever is a democrat in Brazil has to understand that impeachment is the only way out to protect us from the serious and violent demarcation that Bolsonaro is planning"
Brazilians protest against President Jair Bolsonaro in Sao Paulo, days after the country marked its Independence Day with rival pro- and anti-government rallies. IMAGES