Yesterday, Rio de Janeiro’s tourism business leaders met with Ricardo Garcia Cappelli, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. They discussed security measures for the city. Crime is so bad in Rio de Janeiro that the federal government now has to intervene. A lot is at stake, as Rio largely depends on […]
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