Rio de Janeiro saw an unprecedented event. On a single day, a record number of buses went up in flames. This burning of buses was in retaliation for the killing of Matheus da Silva Rezende. He was a high-ranking member of a militant group. Before this, only four buses had been set on fire in […]
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