Hundreds, possibly thousands of people are shot by police every year in
Brazil, a BBC investigation has found.
The authorities say it is mainly criminals caught in military-style raids
on drug gangs but according to a former senior official, new evidence
suggests that many of the shootings are cold-blooded executions conducted by
the police.
Source: BBC News (online), November 23, 2005
Brazilian police on Thursday began fingerprinting and
photographing U.S. visitors on orders of a judge who compared planned
U.S. security controls on travelers from Brazil and other nations to
Nazi horrors.
Source: MyWay
(online), January 1, 2004