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Dozens of Brazilian yoga aficionados saluted the sun in unison in a Rio de Janeiro favela on Wednesday for the inaugural class of a free course that will allow residents of the low-income community to ...

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Rocinha, Rio’s largest favela — or hillside shantytown — was once ascendant, a symbol of rising fortunes in a nation that finally seemed on the fast track to greatness.

A police raid in a low-income neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro set off a gunbattle that killed nine people and wounded two officers, marking the latest incident in a wave of lethal policing in Brazil.

Police in Rio de Janeiro raided the Complexo do Alemao favela, a slum or low-income neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, and reignited anger at police violence.

Rio’s police have used helicopters to shoot at targets, even in densely populated residential areas, and video showed shots being fired from the favela at the aircraft.

A raid of a Rio de Janeiro shantytown that killed at least 18 people has ignited debate over how to handle crime ahead of a presidential election.