Posts Tagged ‘crime’

January 8th, 2010 - 3:33 am § in Brazil, Good Ideas, News, Uncategorized

You Down with UPP (Yeah you know me)

According to a new statistic revealed last Tuesday by the New York-based Human Rights Watch, more than 11,000 people have died at the hands of authorities in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo since 2003. A substantial portion of this number is derived from the off-duty or “extrajudicial” kil[...]

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November 5th, 2009 - 4:04 pm § in Around Town, Brazil, Day in the Life

When the Dog Bites…

Spending so much time here in mountainous Brazil, I decided to join a climbing club. Since Monday was a holiday, five of us decided to spend the afternoon on the rock. As we began hiking the 20-minute trail to the base of our climbing route, we passed a fenced property guarded by dogs. Ten of [...][...]

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