RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Residents of a Rio de Janeiro slum that saw deadly clashes with police earlier this week are staging a protest in the Copacabana beach neighborhood.
Several hundred people have taken to the main thoroughfare of the much-transited neighborhood in Thursday’s protest. It appeared to be largely peaceful, despite reports of an initial scuffle between demonstrators and police.
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