Rio de Janeiro: Deaths in massacres up 50% in a year in metropolitan area
The number of people killed in massacres in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro between 2020 and 2021 jumped...
January 13, 2022Topic
Complexo do Alemão
Rio de Janeiro state announces US$1.3 billion investment package over 3 years
The government of Rio de Janeiro today will announce a R$17 (US$1.3) billion investment package over 3 years. Most of...
August 13, 2021
Favela Communities in Rio Launch App to Combat Fake Covid-19 Information
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Drinking coffee does not prevent you from getting Covid-19 and, no, being contaminated with Covid-19...
May 17, 2020
Rio de Janeiro Registers Seventy Shootings During Carnival
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As the revelry and excitement of Carnival 2019 comes to...
March 7, 2019
Military and Police Raids Leave at Least 13 Dead in Rio de Janeiro
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In one of the largest military operations since Brazil's armed...
August 21, 2018
Rio’s Complexo do Alemão Favela has 28 Shootings in 30 Days
According to a new mobile app call “Fogo Cruzado” (Crossfire), 28 shootings were recorded in the region in thirty days...
February 27, 2017Co-Working Space Opens in Rio’s Complexo do Alemão Favela
A new entrepreneurship space was inaugurated in Complexo do Alemao, a group of fifteen favelas in Rio’s North Zone.
December 20, 2016
Project UPP Generation Students Meet Arnold Schwarzenegger
Students from the Adeus and Baiana area of Complexo do Alemão favela community, through the UPP (Pacifying Police Unit) had...
April 4, 2016Finding Volunteering Opportunities in Rio While Traveling
While Rio de Janeiro is famed for its beautiful cityscape and beaches, it is also known for the poverty and...
May 19, 2015