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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Brazil & Southern Cone - 28 April 2017

In brief: Brazil

* The governor of Rio de Janeiro state, Luiz Fernando Pezão, has asked assistance from the federal government to help contain the violence that has gripped the Complexo do Alemão favela in the state’s eponymous capital. The request comes after five people were reported shot dead in the Complexo do Alemão in the last six days amid shootouts between the police and criminal gangs.

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