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Razor wire fence over wall protects middle-class residential condominium, precaution against urban violence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mural depicts a cangaceiro - Cangaço is the name given to a form of "social bandity" in northeastern Brazil in late 19th and early 20th centuries - this region of Brazil is known for its aridness and hardships, and in a form of reaction against the domination of the land owners, the government and the European colonizers, many men and women decided to become nomadic bandits, roaming the sertões, seeking money, food, and revenge.