Global Insider: Brazil's Internal Security Push

By The Editors, on , Global Insider

Brazilian police staged a massive security operation in November to take over the Rocinha neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro as part of a broader effort to boost security prior to the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016. In an email interview, Benjamin Penglase, an associate professor of anthropology at Loyola University Chicago, discussed Brazil’s internal security push.

WPR: What has Brazil's security policy historically been regarding Rocinha and other similar areas? ...

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