Protests After Girl Dies in Favela Operation
An eleven-year-old girl was killed last week in a police operation targeting drug traffickers in the Quitanda favela in Zona...
July 31, 2012Topic
Policia Militar
Major Police Operations in Rio: Daily
Special divisions of Rio’s Polícia Militar have seized arms and drugs, as well as making over fifty arrests, in the...
May 18, 2012
Plans for 7,000 New Police in 2012: Daily
The Military Police (Polícia Militar, PM) are planning on forming 7,000 new recruits by the end of this year, and...
April 24, 2012
Niterói Crime Wave Linked to Rio UPPs
While the UPP program in Rio has had many successes, the surrounding metropolitan region has seen crime rates rise as...
April 17, 2012
New Measures Address Police Corruption
Government and police officials are developing new anti-corruption measures, spurred in part by recent events in Rocinha, the largest favela...
April 10, 2012
Brazil Police Plan Strikes Nationally
The strikes by police and firefighters that has affected Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, has now reached the capital Brasília.
February 21, 2012
Police Threaten Strike Before Carnival
Rio’s police and firefighters are threatening to go on strike during the Carnival if demands over increased wages and better...
January 31, 2012
Rio Police Strike Could Affect Carnival: Daily
Rio Military Police are set to discuss the possibility of strike action in the a coming days. Brazilian media says...
January 12, 2012
Police to Pacify Rocinha and Vidigal Favelas
Last week a local media R7 reported that Rocinha, considered the largest favela in Brazil, is next in line to...
November 8, 2011