Rio de Janeiro has been in the spotlight last year and will be present also during 2016
after the World Cup and the coming Olympics. This generated a sudden domestic
interest for cleaning the international perception of the city; an image that could
hardly avoid the recent “cleaning” campaign from the government in the favelas.
The UPP (Unidade de Policia Pacificadora) was created back in 2007 as a result of
the change in the strategy to fight the increasing violence in these neighbourhoods
known to be controlled by drug traffickers. It was the response from the government
to the recent move of...