Rio de Janeiro Restructures UPP Program, Cuts One Third
The Pacifying Police Units (UPPs) program in Rio will undergo major structural reforms, cutting its standing force by one third,...
August 23, 2017Topic
Police Pacification Unit
Project UPP Generation Students Meet Arnold Schwarzenegger
Students from the Adeus and Baiana area of Complexo do Alemão favela community, through the UPP (Pacifying Police Unit) had...
April 4, 2016
Rio’s Santa Marta Favela Celebrates Seven Years of the UPP
The Santa Marta favela community, also known as Dona Marta, sits above Botafogo in Zona Sul (South Zone) of Rio,...
December 22, 2015
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, 2015
UPP Officers Face Attacks in Rio Favelas
An attack on two UPP (Police Pacification Unit) officers in the Morro São João favela of Engenho Novo is the...
April 2, 2013
Rio’s Rocinha Favela to Receive UPP: Daily
Almost a year after police forces invaded the notorious and often violent favela Rocinha, it is slated to receive an...
September 20, 2012
Police Killed in Complexo do Alemão UPP
A gun battle between police forces and suspected gang members in the Complexo do Alemão UPP resulted in the death...
July 24, 2012
Study Claims Discontent Among UPP
A recent study claims that a large number of officers in the Police Pacifying Unit (UPP) are unhappy with their...
July 17, 2012
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, 2011