Rio’s UPP in Cerro-Corá Fosters Community with Kickboxing
The kickboxing training program in the Cerro-Corá favela comunity is meant to foster positive relationships between the UPP and the...
March 23, 2015Topic
pacification
Santa Marta Community in Rio Marks Six Years with UPP
In Santa Marta, also known as Dona Marta, the community is benefiting from stable security and an improved socio-economic environment.
December 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
Real Estate Prices Fall in Cantagalo, Pavão-Pavãozinho
Pacified in December 2009, the Cantagalo, Pavão-Pavãozinho favela communities have seen real estate values spike and then plummet after a...
August 5, 2014
Brazilian Armed Forces in Complexo da Maré: Daily
Now authorities report 2,750 soldiers of the Armed Forces and Military Police occupy most of the Complexo da Maré.
April 5, 2014
Army to Occupy Maré in Preparation for UPP
The Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral, has announced that federal troops will occupy the Complexo da Maré, a...
March 25, 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
Police Make 26 Arrests in Maré: Daily
The Brazilian authorities have made 26 arrests in the Complexo da Maré as part of ongoing security measures in the...
November 14, 2013
Female UPP Leader Named in Rocinha
A massive overhaul of the Rio military police saw the change in command in 25 of the 34 police pacification...
September 10, 2013