RIO – Hundreds of people gather at the beginning of this New Year’s Eve night on Ipanema beach, between stations 8 and 9, an LGBT point on the coast of Rio de Janeiro. With music on the loudspeakers, almost all the men and young men hug, dance and chat. In the same place, on Wednesday night, an irregular party that progressed into the night had already generated complaints from neighbors and revolt in the networks, which only ended with the arrival of the Military Police.
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On Thursday, the afternoon cars pass near the concentration, without intervening. Meanwhile, in Copacabana, Municipal Guard trains prepare for the blockades on the coast, which begin at 8:00 p.m.
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According to the street vendors who worked at the site, there were even more people before, most in bathing suits. At the moment, the rain began to gradually disperse the hundreds of people who came to the place. Without music, many begin to leave the arenas and leave, while a large group of people congregate at a kiosk on the sidewalk to shelter from the rain, which squeezes this early New Year’s Eve.
In Praia do Recreio, in the West Zone, there is also an agglomeration in position 9 from the beginning of the night, where an illegal event is being organized that will begin at 9 p.m. A reader who prefers not to identify himself reports that local merchants are they would have contributed to bribe the inspection.
