Santa Marta, Three Years of Pacification
Last week marked the three year anniversary of the pacification of Dona Marta, sometimes called Santa Marta, the first favela...
December 27, 2011Topic
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Mexico’s Military Lessons for Brazil
An army can be a terrible thing to waste. That’s particularly true in many Latin American countries, where the threats...
December 27, 2011
Living in Rocinha: Post Pacification
Rocinha and Vidigal are now occupied by pacification forces, and with new urban planning projects underway, big changes in the...
November 29, 2011The Favela Policy in São Paulo
With the eyes on Rocinha in Rio this past week, many in Brazil are now also looking at what’s going...
November 22, 2011
The Occupation of Rocinha and Vidigal
In a historic victory for peace in Rio de Janeiro, in the early hours of Sunday morning, police and military...
November 15, 2011
Rio Favelas Rocinha and Vidigal Occupied Without Shots Fired: Daily
Rocinha and Vidigal, became the most recent communities to be pacified by Brazil’s military and police forces as a precursor...
November 13, 2011
Accused Rocinha Drug Lord Arrested: Daily
Accused chief drug lord of Rocinha, Antônio Bonfim Lopes, known as Nem, was arrested by Federal Police at around midnight...
November 10, 2011
Accused Drug Dealers Caught Fleeing Rocinha Under Police Escort: Daily
Federal Police intercepted four vehicles which were reportedly being used by police officers to escort drug dealers out Rocinha ahead...
November 10, 2011
Anti-Aircraft Weapons Seized in Rocinha: Daily
Police officers in the operation in Rio's notorious Rocinha favela seized anti-aircraft artillery rockets, stolen motorcycles and pirate DVDs.
November 4, 2011