ocr: Urban life in Brazil can be violent. The incidence of armedrobbery and drug-related crime is rising. Human rights abuses by the police are trequently reported. Death squads, uncontrolled by the government, target street children in particular, especially in Rio,Sao Paulo and. Recite. Since 1985, the rate of street child murders has been rising. However, international condemnation ofthe crimes has led to action in soue Heas. In the countryside, violent land disputes are common. Landless workers are repeatedly displaced andi indigenous peoples driven from land to which the government has, in the ...
