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Survey Shows Increase in Violent Deaths in Brazil in 2014

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The number of violent deaths in Brazil totaled more than 58,000 last year, with 160 deaths occurring every day, according to a survey released on Thursday by the Brazilian Public Security Forum. The number is 4.8 percent higher than that registered in 2013, a fact that has received wide international attention, since city of Rio de Janeiro is hosting the Olympic Games next year.

The survey took into consideration persons who died as victims of homicides, robberies which ended in death, manslaughter and police killings.

The greater part . . .

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