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, 2012Topic
Sergio Cabral
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
Rio Reassures Public as Police Plan Strike
Rio de Janeiro’s State Governor, Sergio Cabral, has been seeking to reassure citizens that the same thing will not occur...
February 7, 2012
UPP in Complexo da Mangueira Favela in Rio
The UPP in Mangueira will be the eighteenth unit in the state of Rio, and the final favela in the...
November 1, 2011
New Oil Royalties Plan Threatens Rio Revenue
A bill to distribute oil royalties more evenly among Brazil’s 27 states received approval from Brazil’s Senate last Wednesday, October...
October 25, 2011
Congress in Oil Royalties Debate
By Sibel Tinar, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The federal government headed by President Dilma Rousseff is...
February 8, 2011
Peacekeeper Problems in Zona Norte
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In November 2010, thousands of members of the Rio police...
January 25, 2011
Heavy Rainfall Kills in Rio State
By Sibel Tinar, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Intense tropical rainstorms sweeping across southeastern Brazil since Tuesday...
January 13, 2011
Dilma’s PT, PMDB Alliance Good for Rio
By Sibel Tinar, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – All eyes are on Brazil's new president Dilma Rousseff...
January 11, 2011