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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro

Argentina’s ‘European’ self-image under renewed scrutiny after racist incidents in Brazil

Tourists in Pelourinho, Bahia
Brazil welcomed a record number of foreign tourists last year, with Argentinians accounting for the largest share, data shows. Photograph: TRV/imagerover.com/Alamy

A woman celebrating her 32nd birthday on a train journey in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais was horrified when a fellow passenger alerted her that an unknown man had been secretly filming her seven-year-old son.

When confronted, the man – an Argentinian tourist – initially refused to show his phone. But after being pressed by other travellers, the man admitted he had sent the images to a WhatsApp contact.

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