Troops Rotate in Zona Norte Favelas
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Complexo do Alemão at the Zona Norte (North zone)...
February 22, 2011Topic
Complexo do Alemão
UPPs and Opportunities for Zona Norte Favelas
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ten UPP bases (Police Pacification Units) are planned to be...
February 1, 2011
Peacekeeper Problems in Zona Norte
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In November 2010, thousands of members of the Rio police...
January 25, 2011
Occupation of Zona Norte Favelas
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Just before Christmas, the second phase of the occupation of...
December 28, 2010To Many More Firsts
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Journalism students are taught early on not to use words like...
December 28, 2010
Happy Holidays in Zona Norte Favelas
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For baby Wanderson, a newborn from Complexo do Alemão, it's...
December 21, 2010The Cycle of Brazil’s Prisons
By Amy Skalmusky, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Many of those arrested in the recent operations in...
December 14, 2010
Plans for Rio Favelas to Get Facelift
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – It's one of Rio's biggest challenges before the start of...
December 14, 2010
Police Door-to-Door in Favelas
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The inhabitants of the Complexo do Alemão and Vila Cruzeiro...
December 7, 2010