In Brazil, a surprising new threat

Members of the Santa Catarina state police displaying objects seized during raids aimed at dismantling neo-Nazi groups, in Nova Petropolis, Brazil. — ©2023 The New York Times Company

IN southern Brazil in July, Laureano Toscani and Joao Guilherme Correa were smoking cigarettes along a busy road in their prison-issued garb, shorts and sandals, waiting for a ride after seven months in jail.

Toscani was once convicted of stabbing a group of Jewish men, and Correa has been accused of murdering a couple leaving a party. But this time, they were behind bars for attending what they said was a harmless barbecue.