Like a war zone: In 2021, there were an average of 13 shootings per day in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro
According to the Fogo Cruzado Institute's annual report, there were 4,653 shootings/firearms incidents in the Rio de Janeiro
January 12, 2022Topic
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Brazil: Armed violence against security forces increases in Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area in October -Fogo Cruzado
In October, the number of security officers shot and killed in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan region increased by 90%...
November 4, 2021
Rio de Janeiro Registers Seventy Shootings During Carnival
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As the revelry and excitement of Carnival 2019 comes to...
March 7, 2019
Federal Intervention in Rio Completes 7 Months with Rises in Shootings and Deaths
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The well-publicized federal military intervention in Rio de Janeiro reaches...
September 18, 2018
Shootings in Rio Up Almost Forty Percent Since Military Intervention
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to a report released yesterday, July 25th, from the...
July 26, 2018
Brazil’s Armed Forces Operate in Rio’s Niteroi Favela Communities
This is the second large-scale operation since the Armed Forces arrived in Rio at the end of July and part...
August 16, 2017
Rio’s Favela Community Residents Protest Against Violence
Representatives from 47 favelas around Rio de Janeiro called for peace on Copacabana Beach after the increased violence in their...
July 3, 2017
Rio Reports Decrease in Violent Crimes, but Shootings Common
Less than twenty-four hours after report is released, intense shooting is registered at Rocinha, one of Latin America’s largest favela...
June 18, 2015