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Brazil's road safety crisis: Thousands of traffic deaths

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November 19, 2025

Every hour, four people die on Brazil's streets — more than from guns or natural disasters. Reckless driving, lax enforcement, political rollbacks, this is how Brazil's roads became some of the deadliest in the world.

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