No, this is not about MW2. It's about the current situation in Rio, with the drug cartels/criminal factions burning cars and buses and now the police hitting back hard.
A summary of what's going on (although I know that some brazilian fellows will visit this thread and correct me, as I don't actually live in Rio):
- Rio de Janeiro, like São Paulo and other large urban centers, is composed of the city of Rio itself and other smaller cities (like Belford Roxo, Niterói). The southern part of the city is usually where you go when you visit Rio. There are a lot of favelas (slums) in Rio, and usually they're dominated by drug dealing factions or militia formed by former cops.
- Last year, the government invaded the favelas surrounding the south and installed what we call Pacifying Police Units (UPP in portuguese), taking the favelas from the factions.
- Now they're moving north, and obviously the factions are not happy with that. Since Sunday, these usually enemy faction started a joint attack to burn down buses and cars. Instead of robbing your car, the criminal might pull you out of your car and simply burn it.
- The government is hitting back hard, invading the favelas in the north with M-113's and loads of people.
There are some videos here: http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2010/11/confira-videos-dos-ataques-no-rio-de-janeiro.html
And pics here: http://g1.globo.com/rio-de-janeiro/fotos/2010/11/veja-fotos-dos-carros-incendiados-no-rio.html
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