Posts tagged security
Fearful, Rio’s Neighboring Municipalities Want UPPs
Mar 20th
For the original report in O Dia in Portuguese click here.
The migration of criminals from the pacified favelas to the suburbs of the Baixada Fluminense (Rio’s Greater Metropolitan Region) has caused local authorities to be on their guard.
The mayor of Duque de Caxias, Alexandre Cardoso, announced that he will propose a plan to the state government for them to help bear some of the police expenses. This would be done in order to accelerate the installation of a Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) for the first district, which is made up of 40 neighborhoods.
“Caxias is prepared to bear part of the cost More >
Bairro Carioca Floods, Leaving Residents Revolted
Mar 15th
For the original report by Alessandro Lo-Bianco in O Dia in Portuguese click here.
Inaugurated less than a year ago, and the apple of Mayor Eduardo Paes’ eye, the neighborhood receives families evicted from many locations in Rio de Janeiro, including from risk areas.
Families that have been removed from risk areas to Bairro Carioca, located in Triagem in the North Zone, lost everything again during the flood that hit Rio de Janeiro Tuesday, March 5th.
The public housing project built with resources from the federal program Minha Casa, Minha Vida (My House, My Life) is full of leaks and cracks. Houses on the More >
What Is Missing for a Quality UPP Police Presence
Feb 18th
Before I begin, let me make clear that the information below is personal opinion, without generalizations.
Since the police entered and the militarization of the Jacarezinho favela on October 14, 2012, a policy the government baptized Pacifying Police Units – better known as UPP – little has changed in the favela where I was born and raised.
I am an activist, a photographer for the Agência Imagens do Povo, and a photography instructor. As I turn 25, I see part of the city of Rio de Janeiro entering a process of elitization and, as Representative Marcelo Freixo puts it, becoming a real corporate-city. The map of More >
The Favela Today is the Soul of Business
Jan 18th
Pacifying Police Units (UPPs) guarantee free access to capital in Rio’s impoverished communities. For original article in Portuguese in Brasil de Fato click here.
Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral, at the launch of the UPP in Morro dos Macacos - Photo by: Marcello Casal Jr./ABr
The current politics of military intervention implemented through the UPPs (Pacifying Police Units) in Rio’s favelas has brought about a new scenario in the city’s impoverished communities. The enforcement of these police forces and the entry of commercial capital in such spaces have generated tensions in the favelas, of which real estate speculation is one of the More >
The Show Resumes: Gang Strife Returns to Rocinha
Mar 26th
Note: We sincerely apologize for the initial erroneous attribution of authorship on this article. There was some confusion as several reports came in simultaneously.
Unreported in the local press, gang strife has returned to Rocinha. On the night of March 18th a shoot-out occurred between the remaining drug traffickers and Shock troops currently occupying Rocinha. The shoot-out left three traficantes dead, the community scared, and the press silent. Against the advice of residents I decided to spend the nights of the 20th and 21st in Rocinha. What follows is a description of the conflict, as I saw it unfold.
At 9:30pm on the More >
