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Guns, scrubs and sunshine

FORTALEZA, Brazil — Our driver took out a pistol and placed it under his right thigh, signaling things were about to get unexpectedly interesting. As we got out of the car in front of a favela named Cidade de Deus (City of God), a squad of four elite members of the state’s military police fanned out in front, weapons drawn, to secure our approach. Their black guns and green uniforms blended in with the bare red bricks and faded cement walls that…
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Institute of Current World Affairs broke the news in on Thursday, October 23, 2025.
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