1959 Curitiba riots
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1959 Curitiba riots
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The 1959 Curitiba riots refer to three days of violence in December 1959, primarily directed against ethnic Arab immigrants, in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba. It began on the evening of 8 December, when a local policeman António Tavares bought a comb from the shop of Ahmed Najar, a Lebanese merchant, and asked for a tax receipt. At the time, there was a campaign called Seu Talão Vale um Milhão to encourage the issuance of tax receipts for retail purchases. As the cost of the comb was t
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Comb War was a protest that started in 8 December 1959 in the city of Curitiba
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