Tag: police

Can Brazil Get Olympic Medal for Fighting Crime, Child Sex and Police Brutality?

With colorful and scandalous flourishes, in a nation where the bizarre is often normal, ...

Rio Olympics: Lula Creates New Bolsa (Allowance) to Raise Police Salaries

Inspired by the success of his Bolsa Família (Family Allowance) Brazilian president Luiz Inácio ...

Rio Police Kill One for Every 23 Arrested, in US There is One Death for 37,000

A report by Human Rights Watch a non-governmental organization (NGO)  reveals that many killings ...

Some Humility Would Do Lula Good. On Human Rights Brazil Has Long Way to Go

On November 7, 2009 a few friends and I had an opportunity to take ...

Brazil Police Use Press Coverage as Green Light to Kill and Invade Houses in Rio

A dispute over drug trafficking territory in Rio de Janeiro has intensified lately, leaving ...

3.5 Dead for 1 Injured: Bonus for Cops in Brazil Doubles Number of Killed Suspects

The growing number of police killings of suspected criminals in Rio de Janeiro's war ...

Study of a Murder in Rio, Brazil

This is the story of a “victim” of sorts, in the bawdy, colorful, often ...

25 per 100,000: Brazil’s Per-Capita Homicide Rate Is Three Times the World Average

Earlier this year, in September, the United Nations released a report on Brazilian arbitrary, ...

Brazilian Policeman Suspect of Torturing Journalists Surrenders

A Brazilian civilian police inspector who is accused of heading the militia that kidnapped ...

Brazil’s Landless Resist Police and Killer Militias

A Brazilian Military Brigade, under orders from sub-commander Paul Mendes, on Tuesday, June 3, ...