Tag Archives: Rio de Janeiro crime

Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind

Encontros imediatos do quarto grau [clicar para português] You’re driving slowly on a small street in Rio’s south zone, with two cars visible in your rearview mirror. Suddenly a fourth car appears, blocking your way. Three men get out and each … Continue reading

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Encontros imediatos do quarto grau

Você dirige seu carro devagar numa transversal da Zona Sul do Rio de Janeiro, com dois carros visíveis no seu retrovisor. De repente, surge um quarto veículo na sua frente, bloqueando o caminho. Três homens descem e cada um deles … Continue reading

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Numa favela pacificada, como uma UPP Social começa a trabalhar?

How does the social UPP program begin its work in a pacified favela? [click for English] Ocupação há cinco meses Morro do Borel, 28 de outubro de 2010. Cinco meses após a chegada da UPP nesta área de sete favelas. … Continue reading

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How does the social UPP program begin its work in a pacified favela?

Morro do Borel, October 28, 2010: five months have gone by since the state military police occupied and pacified this area comprising seven favelas. The Borel occupation is part of the UPP program that has now “retaken” 12 territories of … Continue reading

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Free at last: the Borel favelas, home to 35,000

Lenita de Sousa Vilela is the principal of the Antoine Margarinos Torres elementary school, which serves 500 children ages 4-11. Five months ago, 300 military police recruits occupied the  Borel area, in Tijuca, north zone. There is still drug trafficking, but … Continue reading

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“I know how the coach Dunga felt during the last World Cup”

Gustavo de Almeida easily admits he has one of the worst public relations jobs in Rio de Janeiro: press attaché for the general command of the military police. “Shit happens every day,” says Almeida, who lives with his cell phone … Continue reading

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Peace and the police/ Paz e a polícia

“Police reform is happening by way of the UPPs.” –Sílvia Ramos, undersecretary for integrated action in the territory, state UPP social program O Globo reports that Rio’s police are killing fewer people: shooting deaths in police self-defense in August 2010 … Continue reading

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O que é isso? Helicópteros e sirenes não detêm crime

A polícia carioca já ocupou e “pacificou” um número impressionante de 13 favelas desde o fim de 2008. Também já começou a atentar para as milícias que extorquem moradores de bairros pobres onde traficantes de drogas estão ausentes. E o … Continue reading

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What is going on? Sirens and helicopters not effective enough to stem crime

  Rio’s police have successfully occupied and “pacified” 13 favelas since late 2008. They’ve also begun to turn their attention to the extortionist paramilitary groups prevalent in poor neighborhoods where drug traffickers are absent. And the state is moving fast … Continue reading

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Copa Marriott changes ownership amid police flux and further occupation

O Globo reported this week that Host Hotels & Resorts is buying the Copacabana Marriott hotel for US$ 47.5 million. However, Host Hotels is closely related to Marriott, which will continue to manage the property– so the purchase may be … Continue reading

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