Rio State Announces New Police Unit to Fight Arms Trafficking
According to official data between January 2016 and the first week of 2017 the Pacifying Police Units (UPPs) seized 256...
January 10, 2017Topic
Public Security
Report Shows a Person is Killed in Brazil Every Nine Minutes
Police–related deaths in Brazil are higher than that of Honduras, considered the most violent country in in the world.
October 28, 2016
Rio Governor Pezão Announces Budget Cuts at Inauguration
Luis Fernando de Souza, known as Pezão (Big Foot), was sworn in as Rio de Janeiro’s state governor on Thursday,...
January 3, 2015
Living in the Marvelously Expensive City (Part Deux)
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – I was quite surprised and truly pleased with the response to...
August 23, 2011