On Monday evening Paul returned home from softball practice reporting helicopters circling repeatedly right above the school. I hadn't noticed the sound at our apartment (less than a mile away), but sure enough, for the rest of the night we heard helicopters. One of our neighbors called telling us of some disturbances at the nearest (and one of the largest) favelas -she advised us to stay put, not to walk to the grocery store or go out driving if we didn't have to. With our television still broken, we relied on some internet reports about the events.
By Tuesday morning, we heard that things had quieted down and we went to school as usual. Today everything started up again-helicopters circling and general chaos on the other side of our school. After school activities have been cancelled for this afternoon, as police are afraid their may be some demonstrations. We don't have any hope for snow days in Brazil, but civil unrest will get us out a bit early!
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The ramblings of a Virginia couple about life in Brazil's urban jungle.
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