Rio’s Final UPP Bases to Be Constructed with Urgency
Rio de Janeiro Governor Luiz Fernando Pezão has announced that the final bases for the city's new Pacifying Police Units...
April 7, 2015Topic
Complexo do Alemão
Complexo do Alemão Favela Protests After Ten-Year Old Killed
Residents of Rio's Complexo do Alemão made a protest calling for peace in the community after the death of Eduardo...
April 6, 2015
Four Rio Police Officers Shot in Complexo do Alemão
A clash between police and alleged traffickers in Rio de Janeiro lead to the wounding of four military police officers...
December 9, 2014
Rio Police Arrest 26 in Complexo do Alemão: Daily
Civil Police in Rio apprehended 26 members of a Complexo do Alemão gang, accused of drug trafficking and homicides including...
September 19, 2014
Annual March in Rio Protests Racial Violence by Police
Report indicates 146.5 percent more blacks than whites died in Brazil in 2012 in situations such as homicides, traffic accidents...
August 26, 2014
Providência Gondola Finally Opens in Rio
New Morro da Providência cable car inaugurated last week, over a year after its completion in May 2013.
July 8, 2014
BOPE Reoccupy Favelas to Aid UPP in Zona Norte
BOPE reoccupied the Complexo do Alemão and Complexo da Penha in the Zona Norte of Rio, after the death of...
March 18, 2014
Rio Police Deaths in 2014 Almost Equal to 2013
Recent violence has left almost as many police officers dead this year as in the entire year of 2013 in...
March 11, 2014
Rocinha Residents to Sue State Over PAC
Resident organizations in two of the city’s largest favelas have formulated plans to sue the state government over the failed...
October 8, 2013