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UPP Police Pacifying Units: Security & Governance in the Favela Rio's first pacifying police unit is installed in the internationally recognizable Favela Santa Marta.
Force: 123 Military Police
Population: 10,000
District: Botafogo
Affected Communities: Santa Marta -
Force: 326 Military Police
Population: 45,000
Neighborhood: Jacarepaguá
Affected Community: Cidade de Deus -
Force: 105 Military Police
Population: 45,000
District: Realengo
Affected Community: Batan -
Minha Casa Minha Vida Progress and Problems
The controversial housing campaign aims to create over two million units throughout the country in the next 3 years. Of the 100,000 units slated for construction in Rio, many are designated as alternative housing for brazilians displaced by development related to the upcoming World Cup and Olympic games. Once moved, many displaced residents have fallen victim to shoddy construction, extortion by local militias, and a lack of appropriate transportation infrastructure. -
Force: 100 Military Police
Population: 10,000
District: Leme
Affected Communities: Morro da Babilônia and Chapéu Mangueira Photo Credit: William Kitzinger/flickr -
Force: 123 Military Police
Population: 13,000
Districts: Copacabana and Ipanema
Affected Communities: Pavão-Pavãozinho and Cantagalo -
Force: 120 Military Police
Population: 7,000
District: Copacabana
Affected Communities: Ladeira dos Tabajaras, Morro dos Cabritos, Pico do Papagaio and Mangueira (em Botafogo) Photo Credit: Wilton Júnior/AE -
Force: 200 Military Police
Population: 10,000
District: Santo Cristo/ Gamboa
Affected Communities: Providência, Morro do Pinto and Pedra Lisa Photo Credit: JR (http://jr-art.net/) -
Force: 290 Military Police
Population: 20,000
District: Tijuca
Affected Communities: Morro do Borel, Chácara do Céu, Casa
Branca, Indiana, Catrambi and Bananal Photo Credit: Max Coelho/BOPE -
Force: 110 Military Police
Population: 5,000
District: Tijuca
Affected Community: Morro da Formiga Photo Source: http://www.redeprotecaopnt.org.br/files/galeria/diagnostico_formiga3.jpg -
Force: 229 Military Police
Population: 13,000
District: Andaraí
Affected Communities: Nova Divinéia, João Paulo II, Juscelino Kubitschek, Jamelão, Sto Agostinho, Borda do Mato, Rodo and Arrelia Photo Credit: Secretaria de Segurança/RJ -
Force: 138 Military Police
Population: 5,000
District: Tijuca
Affected Community: Morro do Salgueiro
Photo Credit: SEASDH - Secretaria de Assistência Social e Direitos Humanos -
Force: 173 Military Police
Population: 18,000
District: Tijuca/Rio Comprido
Affected Communities: Turano, Chacrinha, Matinha, 117, Liberdade, Pedacinho do Céu, Paula Ramos, Rodo and Sumaré Photo Credit: Marcos Benjamin/UPPRJ -
Force: 228 Military Police
Population: 27,000
District: Vila Isabel
Affected Communities: Morro dos Macacos, Pau da Bandeira e Parque Vila Isabel Photo Credit: Marcello Casal Jr/ABr -
"UPP Social" Program management taken over by City Government rather than Police Forces. Relations remain tense between the organization and some of the communities in which its development initiatives will take place:
Port Revitalization Targets Brazil’s First Favela -
Force: 200 Military Police
Population: 6,000
District: Engenho Novo
Affected Communities: Morro do São João, Morro da Matriz e Morro do Quieto -
Force: 203 Military Police
Population: 13,000
District: Catumbi
Affected Communities: Morro da Coroa, Morro do Fallet e Fogueteiro Photo Credit: UPPRJ -
Force: 182 Military Police
Population: 7,000
District: Santa Teresa
Affected Communities: Morro dos Prazeres and Escondidinho -
Force: 250 Military Police
Population: 17,150
District: Estácio
Affected Communities: Morro do São Carlos, Querosene, Mineira e Zinco Photo Credit: UPPRJ -
Bope forces entered the sprawling favela with little difficulty.
UPP installation pending completion of the BOPE operation.
Rio police 'pacify' favela famed for samba
Brazilian soldiers and police raid slums -
This undertaking by the PAC has been touted as a public transport and for its touristic potential. Many doubt whether proposed community benefits are worth the displacement of residents and economic investment in a community lacking basic services
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