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(02-13) 17:39 PST RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- A police strike in Rio de Janeiro ended Monday just days before the city explodes in chaos for the world's biggest Carnival bash. The decision came just two days after a...
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A police strike in Rio de Janeiro ended Monday just days before the city begins the world’s biggest Carnival celebration. A similar strike ended in the northeastern state of Bahia on Saturday, after the homicide rate there doubled in its ...
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A police strike in Rio de Janeiro ended Monday just days before the city hosts its annual Carnival celebrations, the Associated Press reported. Fernando Bandeira, president Sinpol, of one of the unions representing police, said officers and ...
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Maltese terriers with fairy wings and Yorkies dressed as Carmen Miranda mingled with Labradors in pink tutus and a dachshund dressed as Salome complete with sequined harem pants at Rio de Janeiro's annual Blocao pet-friendly parade on Sunday, as part of ...
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A police strike in Rio de Janeiro just a week before Carnival threatened to wreak mass chaos upon Brazil's largest festival celebration. But just one day in, Rio's state government announced that the strike had "failed", with just a small ...
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A police strike in Rio de Janeiro has ended just days before the city explodes in chaos for the world's biggest Carnival bash. Union officials for the police, firefighters and prison guards who called the strike last week say it ended in a Monday vote.The strike was called to much fanfare in a large rally in Rio's center. But it never effected security in the city, the number of officers who adhered to it appeared small...
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian authorities claimed Saturday to have broken up strikes by police in two states after arresting labor leaders, but other police and firefighters had not quit their protest over pay. About 9,000 civilian police in Rio de Janeiro ...
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- A strike by Rio police a week ahead of Carnival celebrations is drawing attention to a deeply troubled force in which low wages help fuel corruption, extortion and lethal violence, experts said Friday.Recent efforts by Rio de Janeiro state to increase wages and change police culture will help root out some of these long-standing problems, but the change won't happen suddenly, said Guaracy Mingardi, a crime and public safety...
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RIO DE JANEIRO - A strike by police and firefighters in Rio de Janeiro "was unsuccessful" after labor leaders were arrested and 252 other strikers faced disciplinary procedures, the state government announced Saturday. "They are aware of what we ...
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- Strike in Rio de Janeiro fizzles out before Carnival (news.google.ca)
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Few police officers have adhered to a strike just days before this city's world-famous Carnival kicks off, official said Saturday.
Col. Robson Rodrigues da Silva, the administrative chief of staff of Rio de Janeiro state's police force, told reporters that the city's streets were "calm and the number of police officers that have join...
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