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Rio’s Christ the Redeemer statue closed by mudslides

by Jeremy Kressmann on Apr 14, 2010
Tags: christ the redeemer, ChristTheRedeemer, Closed, corcovado, crisis, disaster, favela, heavy rain, HeavyRain, ipanema, landslide, mudslides, rio, rio de janeiro, RioDeJaneiro, shanty town, ShantyTown, statue, tijuca, torrential, tourism

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