More on the Protests over Human Rights Abuses in Rio de Janeiro

Just as a follow-up to my post below, there is a follow-up in which protesters lined Copacabana beach with 16,000 coconuts, representing the number of murders in Rio favelas over the last 2 years. While I questioned the number of 9,000 "disappeared," it was more because of how that term was being used, and I don't doubt the number of murders in the slightest (again, when you commonly have headlines like "Police kill 19 traficantes," the number of deaths is going to be really high). And for an alternate photo of the impressive display (and the story in Portuguese), see here.