December Street Robberies Increased by 12.5% in Rio
In Rio for the month of December 2014, reported street robberies increased 12.5 percent from 2013, while reported homicides fell...
January 24, 2015Topic
Murder
UN Envoy Calls for Change in Brazil’s Prisons
Extreme violence conducted by criminal gangs inside jails highlights problems with Brazil’s penal system.
September 2, 2014
Homicides Down 65% in Rio’s Pacified Favelas
The number of reported homicides in Rio's favelas with UPPs has decreased 65 percent between 2008 and 2012.
December 17, 2013
The Curmudgeon on “the Age of Innocence”
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - There is a Brazilian statute, abbreviated “ECA” which provides that anyone...
April 16, 2013
Carandiru Trial Highlights Prison Crowding
Twenty years after the São Paulo Carandiru Massacre, which killed 111 prisoners, prison overcrowding remains a serious human rights issue...
April 9, 2013
Fernandes Sentenced for Murder: Daily
Ex- Flamengo goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes was condemned to 22 years and three months in jail this week.
March 9, 2013
Burglaries, Vehicle Thefts Up in Rio: Daily
The number of burglaries and vehicle thefts in Rio de Janeiro has risen dramatically in the first half of 2012,...
July 24, 2012
Brazil Mourns Journalist, Fourth in 2012
The death of reporter Décio Sá, killed last week in Maranhão state, north-east Brazil, brings the number of journalists murdered...
May 1, 2012
Police Corporal Killed in Rocinha: Daily
Wednesday morning, Corporal Rodrigo Alves Cavalcante, a Military Police officer with the Batalhão de Choque (Shock Batalion), was shot and...
April 5, 2012