Conquering the Enemy Within
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Every once in a while a scandal comes along to remind...
October 4, 2011Topic
Drug Trafficking
Rio Police in New Favela Operation: Daily
Two people were killed after officers from 27th Military Police Battalion launched a pacification operation in communities in Santa Cruz,...
September 26, 2011
Policing of Brazil Borders Increased
By Samuel Elliott Novacich, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last week the Brazilian Federal Government inaugurated the country’s...
May 3, 2011
Militia Heads Command From Prison
By Samuel Elliott Novacich, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – Recent investigation has found that Rio de Janeiro’s militia chiefs...
April 26, 2011
Police Battle Gang Growth in Macaé
By Samuel Elliott Novacich, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Few could deny the increase in violent crime in...
April 12, 2011Hostages Taken at Luxury Hotel in Rio
By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – A violent confrontation between drug traffickers and the police led to...
August 21, 2010
Rio’s Marijuana March
By Felicity Clarke, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Close to 1,500 people including State Representative and ex-Minister of...
May 4, 2010
Favela Pacification Plan Underway
By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Three people suspected of setting fire to a bus in Copacabana...
December 8, 2009