VII. The Contemporary Period, 1945–2000 > D. Latin America, 1945–2000 > 2. South America, 1945–2000 > j. Brazil > 1990, Feb. 8
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1990, Feb. 8
 
Food riots broke out in Rio in the midst of continued inflation and recession.  1
 
Nov. 15
 
Plans were finalized for a 36,000 sq. mi. reserve for the Yanomami Indian nation in the Amazon basin. The government planned to create 278 reserves by 1994.  2
 
Nov. 30
 
Thirty-five hundred children marched through the streets of Rio to protest the murder of some 5,000 street children by police since 1983.  3
 
 
 
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