"Rio’s po­lit­i­cal au­thori­ties have al­so faced - TopicsExpress



          

"Rio’s po­lit­i­cal au­thori­ties have al­so faced scru­tiny over their han­dling of street demon­stra­tions around the pope’s visit. They ac­knowl­edged us­ing un­der­cov­er agents to in­fil­trate the protests but de­nied claims that their in­tel­li­gence of­fi­cers were to blame for vi­o­lence, in­clud­ing the throw­ing of fire­bombs. “I think our gov­er­nor here is an id­iot,” said Rob­son Lopes Lan­daw, 56, a law­yer who watched the Mon­day protests from his win­dow. Sér­gio Ca­bral, Rio’s gov­er­nor, has been grap­pling for weeks with demon­stra­tors voic­ing an­ger over is­sues in­clud­ing po­lice bru­tal­ity and Mr. Ca­bral’s cost­ly use of he­li­copters to shut­tle be­tween res­i­dences."
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:29:10 +0000

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