Tag: violence
US Decries Torture, Child Labor and Political Murder by Police in Brazil
The US issued earlier this month its reports of human rights practices for 2007 ...
Welcome to Brazil, a Paradise of Impunity for All Kinds of Criminals
Brazil has faced an explosion of violence and criminality over the last two decades, ...
Cops and Robbers Brazilian Style
São Paulo, Brazil, recently marked an event which will give readers abroad an idea ...
“Elite Squad” Shows Brazil Still Can’t Talk About Its Military Reign of Terror
On October 5, 2007, Brazil’s biggest blockbuster movie was officially released in theaters. In ...
Brazil Police Dismiss UN Criticism and Say Their Action Curbs Murders
The Secretariat of Public Security from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in response to criticism ...
How Diadema, Brazil, Cut Murders in Half by Closing Bars Earlier
Diadema, an industrial city in the Greater São Paulo, in southeastern Brazil, with one ...
Gaza Gets All Attention, But Brazil Favela’s Tragedy Is Much More Gruesome
It’s no great assumption that there is disproportionate coverage on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. But ...
Amnesty Pans Brazil’s Politics of Fear Against Poor
Amnesty International criticized recently what it calls "political game-playing" in the debate over public ...
Short on Brazil’s Violence Wins UN Award
Nine Brazilian students won a special award from the Department of Public Information (DPI) ...
Rio, Brazil’s Most Violent City, Calls Army to the Rescue
Brazilian Governor Sergio Cabral Filho has formally requested that Brazil's army intervene to contain ...