Tag: Geraldo Alckmin

• Monday, October 6th 2014 - 07:51 UTC

  Sao Paulo state, Brazil's largest electoral district delivers solid win for Neves party

  

  The social-democrat (PSDB) governor from the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest electoral district, Geraldo Alckim was re-elected on Sunday with 57,7% of ballots, which ensures a strong spring board for the presidential runoff between president Dilma Rousseff and her PSDB challenger on 26 October, Aecio Neves.

• Monday, July 7th 2014 - 23:53 UTC

  Sao Paulo metro will have 'ladies only' wagons given sexual harassment complaints

  

  The Sao Paulo Legislative Assembly has approved a bill making it mandatory for regional train and underground companies of have 'pink' wagons, exclusively for ladies at rush hours.

• Wednesday, May 28th 2014 - 00:15 UTC

  FBI helps train Sao Paulo police officers in crowd control strategies and use of force

  

  Fifty police officers from the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo were recently trained in crowd control strategies, the use of force, and more by the FBI. The upcoming FIFA World Cup was the driving force behind organizing the five-day workshop. Other topics addressed include decision making, interacting with media, and use of intelligence in identifying acts of vandalism.

• Friday, May 24th 2013 - 06:17 UTC

  Drug trafficker in Rio challenge authorities and the pacifying campaign in favelas

  

  Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro ordered shops closed in one of its biggest slums, defying efforts to restore order to the city's vast shantytowns and renewing safety concerns in Brazil as it prepares to host the World Cup and Olympics.

• Monday, November 5th 2012 - 13:10 UTC

  Lawless Sao Paulo: 22 people killed over the weekend including the 90th cop

  

  Law and order seems out of control in Brazil’s largest city and financial hub. To the usual appalling crime statistics follows a rash of police officers killings. This weekend an off duty military police officer was the twenty second murder victim and the 90th killed in the city so far this year.