Tag: favela

• Friday, March 24th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

  At least 13 dead in Brazilian favela police raid

  

  At least 13 people died Thursday after a law enforcement raid in a Brazilian favela (shantytown) located in Rio de Janeiro seeking to capture members of the so-called Comando Vermelho (Red Command) outlaw group.

• Friday, July 22nd 2022 - 10:03 UTC

  Police raid leaves at least 18 dead in Rio de Janeiro favela

  

  At least 18 people died Thursday following a police raid in the Alemao favela in northern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's Civil Police authorities confirmed. It was the third deadliest operation in Rio de Janeiro in less than 14 months.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 03:36 UTC

  At least 22 dead in Rio favela latest shooting

  

  Brazilian police confirmed Tuesday afternoon that at least 22 people were killed during a raid in the Vila Cruzeiro favela, in Penha, in northern Rio de Janeiro.

• Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 10:34 UTC

  Police raid at Rio favela leaves 8 civilians dead

  

  Eight people were killed Friday after a Rio de Janeiro police raid at a local shantytown (favela). The law enforcement agents were trying to execute an arrest warrant against alleged drug trafficking gang leader Chico Bento.

• Saturday, May 8th 2021 - 08:34 UTC

  Total deaths in Rio favela police raid reach 28

  

  Rio de Janeiro Governor Cláudio Castro Friday stood by the police's actions in Jacarezinho, claiming that the suspects' response had been “brutal.”

• Friday, May 7th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Deadliest clash with police leaves 25 dead in Rio de Janeiro favela

  

  An anti-drug raid by Rio de Janeiro law enforcement agents Thursday left 24 suspects and one police officer dead in the precarious Jacareizinho favela.

• Wednesday, January 6th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Brazil's deadly police kills a Black man; daughter accuses government of “killing poor people”

  

  Crowds gathered on Tuesday in a Rio de Janeiro cemetery to bury Marcelo Guimarães, the latest victim to be killed by police in Brazil, home to some of the world's deadliest security forces.

• Monday, December 2nd 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Several people trampled to death in Sao Paulo favela during a police raid

  

  At least nine people were trampled to death and two others were injured early on Sunday in the chaotic aftermath of a police raid in a poor Sao Paulo neighbourhood, authorities said. Residents blamed the police for causing the panicky stampede, local media reported.

• Wednesday, May 8th 2013 - 09:34 UTC

  Francis will visit a favela, meet young prisoners when he arrives in Brazil for World Day of Youth

  

  Pope Francis will visit a favela (slum) and meet young prisoners when he travels to Brazil on his first international trip as pontiff in July, the Vatican announced on Tuesday. The Argentine born pope who has said he wants to make concern for the poor a hallmark of his papacy, will visit the Manguinhos slum in Rio de Janeiro on the fourth day of his July 22-29 trip to the world's largest Catholic country.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2012 - 05:20 UTC

  Brazil despite its economic success remains one of the inequality champions

  

  Brazil might be the leading economy in Latin America and has had a significant performance in reducing poverty in recent years, but it still remains among the countries with he highest inequality in the region together with Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia, points out the UN-Habitar report.