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Pascale Trouillaud
Bureau chief in Rio de Janeiro.
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Covering Brazil's new far-right leader

Tuesday 13 November 2018

"AFP’s chief photographer for Brazil, Carl de Souza, was incredulous and with good reason," writes Rio de Janeiro bureau chief Pascale Trouillaud.

"It was the evening of the political earthquake that saw far-right populist Jair Bolsonaro elected president of South America’s most populous country and we, like most other media, didn’t have a single picture of the winner of the historic vote."

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AFP / Carl De Souza

Stray bullets

Thursday 14 December 2017

“'Stray Bullets.' The title was the one thing that really didn’t need any debate," writes Rio de Janeiro bureau chief Pascale Trouillaud.

"The goal was to tell the story contained in those two words -- the tragedy of innocent bystanders who fall victim to the deadly gun violence in Rio’s infamous favelas. They could be hit while playing in the schoolyard, sitting at home, going about their daily life minding their business. They can be of any age."

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