Police Battle Gang Growth in Macaé
By Samuel Elliott Novacich, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Few could deny the increase in violent crime in...
April 12, 2011Topic
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Obama Visits Rio de Janeiro
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – U.S. President Barack Obama visited Rio on Sunday, March 20th...
March 20, 2011
Safer Zona Norte Favelas
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter BRAZIL, RIO DE JANEIRO – Residents of the favelas of the Complexo do Alemão in...
March 1, 2011
Troops Rotate in Zona Norte Favelas
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Complexo do Alemão at the Zona Norte (North zone)...
February 22, 2011
Santa Teresa Expects Property Boom
By Felicia Bryson, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Just a couple of weeks after Brazilian security forces took...
February 22, 2011
Police Take Favelas in Santa Teresa
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Sunday night at 10PM Rio's Governor Sergio Cabral tweeted:...
February 8, 2011
UPPs and Opportunities for Zona Norte Favelas
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ten UPP bases (Police Pacification Units) are planned to be...
February 1, 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
Occupation of Zona Norte Favelas
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Just before Christmas, the second phase of the occupation of...
December 28, 2010