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Tens of thousands of people marched in Rio de Janeiro yesterday evening to support Brazil's teachers in their fight for pay rises.
But the demonstration turned violent when a few hundred masked anarchists turned up at nightfall.
After several hours of peaceful protest, at least 200 "black block" anarchists smashed a city hall gate while others broke into banks, set cash machines alight and hurled firebombs.
Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports
A November 15 protest in Mexico – driven by a right-wing social-media operation – has been miscast as a mass uprising against President Sheinbaum. In reality, the march was small, elite-backed and part of a wider attempt to sow unrest, argues DAVID RABY
