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Pacification Force to Stay in Complexo da Maré 6 More Months

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Governor Luiz Fernando Pezão announced the Pacification Force in the Complexo da Maré favela community in the Zona Norte (North Zone) of Rio will remain for another for another six months. The decision was made after a meeting with the Ministers of Justice, José Eduardo Cardozo, and Defense, Celso Amorim and the chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces, general Jose Carlos De Nardi, in Brasilia, on Tuesday, December 30th.

Complexo da Maré is made up of fifteen favelas located between the Rio highways of Avenida Brasil and . . .

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