UPP Aids Commerce in the Favelas of Rio
Outside investors are increasingly entering pacified favela communities ready to do business, and a new program called “Comércio Legal” (Legal...
August 28, 2012Topic
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Leme: Benefiting from Pacification
Sharing the long stretch of sand with Copacabana, and banked behind by mountains and favelas, there has not been much...
August 21, 2012
Increased Police Presence in Zona Norte
Reinforcements and construction of a complex of law enforcement buildings in Rio de Janeiro's Zona Norte is increasing police presence...
August 14, 2012
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, 2012
Flying by the Seat
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Years ago I first heard someone say; "how do you make God laugh?, make...
July 31, 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
We Like the UPP
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Journalism is inherently critical, or it should be, and even in a community news...
July 17, 2012
UPP Controls Follow Corruption Scandal
UPP (Police Pacifying Unit) officers working inside Rio’s favela communities will now be monitored by the Pacifying Police Coordinating team...
July 10, 2012
Army Set to Leave Complexo do Alemão
The official withdrawal of the Brazilian Armed Forces from the Complexo do Alemão, in Rio’s Zona Norte, is scheduled to...
June 26, 2012