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Facts about Venezuela... RIO DE JANEIRO – Two suspects were fatally shot and 14 others arrested as part of a major operation against drug traffickers in Brazil's two largest cities, a spokesman for the Rio de Janeiro state police told Efe on Wednesday. The two dead suspects apparently exchanged... The aim of the operation, dubbed “Mandela Connection” after a Rio slum that is a hub for drug distribution, was to execute 39 arrest warrants for accused traffickers. Besides making...


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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Government and police officials are developing new anti-corruption measures, spurred in part by recent events in Rocinha, the largest favela in Rio's Zona Sul (South Zone). A UPP (Police Pacification Unit) is slated to be installed in Rocinha this... Rio state Military Police earn the lowest salaries in the country, a fact that was often repeated during the police strike in January. Some take under-the-table second jobs as security guards or...
New Security Measures Address Police Corruption ... - The Rio Times

While the unmistakable sounds of Rio De Janeiro's favela raves have been neatly packaged and remarketed abroad for almost a decade now, most of the outside world remains clueless as to what the streets of Caracas sound like. Maybe Hugo Chávez is to blame for this, .... In fact, the Radio Rochela sketch made fun of waperos as snobby rich kids who shunned salsa and listened to house music CDs they bought in Miami. ccslovehate says: June 1, 2011 at 11:10 am...
rio de janeiro slums facts