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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-crime-brazil-mayor.html
"Brazil Politicians Fearful After Mayor's Murder
By REUTERS
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - The brutal assassination of a leading leftist mayor in Brazil over the weekend has left members of his political party fearing more violence against their ranks ahead of elections this year.
As the Workers Party prepared on Monday to bury Celso Daniel, its second slain mayor in four months, police were investigating motives in a country where crimes with political objectives are rare.
Leaders from the party known as the PT said a spate of violent acts -- including death threats and bombings against mayors -- reinforced notions of a plot against Brazil's main opposition party."
A very strange situation here; after 20 years of a military dictatorship, these political deaths point to a possible fascist rise again. Don't know if it's because I've re-read Ennis' UNKOWN SOLDIER these days (and we had just another 2 hour energy blackout), but things don't seem simple as a public security issue.
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