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Standoff at Old Indian Museum in Rio

By Anna Kaiser, Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Batalhão de Choque (Shock Battalion) police units confronted a squatter community of indigenous Brazilians in the long-standing conflict surrounding a property that was the Museu do Índio (Indian Museum) from 1953 to 1977 - when the museum was moved to Botafogo. The building sits close to the Maracanã Stadium, and preparations for the 2014 World Cup are adding pressure on the government find some resolution.

Police entered the illegal settlement of sixty indigenous Brazilians on . . .

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