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  • Officers from the Police Pacification Unit (UPP) of Vidigal, conisdered one of the most successful in Rio's government program to pacify favelas once controled by heavily armed drug gangs, patrol the alleyways of the comunity on a weekday night. The program managed to dramaticaly reduce crime rates where implemented but was  abandoned when Rio's economy colapsed after the Olympic Games. Armed drug gangs are back in control of Vidigal and all the other communities where the program once succeeded in dramatically reducing violence levels. Gun fights between the gangs and the police are back to being a routine and several officers have been killed or injured while patroling the communities, scaring away tourists, reversing economic gains and raising poverty levels
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  • Police officers patrol the alleyways of Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
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  • Police officers patrol the alleyways of Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
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  • Police officers patrol the alleyways of Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
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  • Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
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  • Police officers patrol the alleyways of Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
    20170324_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Police officers patrol the alleyways of Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
    20170324_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Residents wait for a lul in another of the daily gun fights between police and drug dealers in Complexo do Alemão, a complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro that was suposed to become the example of effective security and poverty reduction policies in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but became the showpiece of the city's colapse after the event
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  • Resident walks by a wall pierced by several bullets in Complexo do Alemão, a complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro that was suposed to become the example of effective security and poverty reduction policies in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but became the showpiece of the city's colapse after the event
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  • Officers from the Police Pacification Unit (UPP) of Vidigal, considered one of the most successful in Rio's government program to pacify favelas once controlled by heavily armed drug gangs, patrol the alleyways of the community on a weekday night. After four years of almost complete calm, in recent months UPP officers were ambushed a few times by armed dealers who remain in the community.
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  • Adriana Maria dos Santos (center), surrounded by friends and relatives, at the funeral of her daughter Vanessa dos Santos, a 10 year old killed by a stray bullet during a gun fight between police and drug dealers on the favela where she lived with the family in Rio de Janeiro. Vanessa is the 632nd victim of stray bullets in Rio in 2017. After spending billions to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games Rio government's finances colapsed, investment in security plumeted and violence is spitaling out of control. Violent deaths increased 26% in relation to 2016 and the number of people killed by the police 85%
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  • Police officers patrol Vidigal. Like almost all shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, Vidigal spent years under the control of heavily armed drug gangs. When the city was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio government began a new policing strategy, called Pacification Policing, to regain the control of chosen favelas strategic for the safety of the Games. A charming community with a welcoming atmosphere, an intense cultural life and one of the most breathtaking views of Rio, Vidigal quickly became the most successful story of the Pacification program. Drug traffic didn’t completely disappear, but armed men no longer controlled it’s streets and alleyways. Police officers could patrol the community on foot and both locals and outsiders could walk around without risking harassment. Soon Vidigal became a magnet for tourists and wealthy cariocas alike, who first made it a party destination and didn’t take long to start buying hillside shacks to replace them with fancy houses and boutique hotels. Residents feared gentrification would make their community unaffordable to them, but welcomed the attention and economic opportunities. Now, with Rio's economic colapse after the games and the government in a state of paralysis because of a giant corruption scandal, they are witnessing the community's reversal to it's violent past, as drug dealers regain control and public services onde more disappear
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  • Officers from the Police Pacification Unit (UPP) of Vidigal, considered one of the most successful in Rio's government program to pacify favelas once controlled by heavily armed drug gangs, patrol the alleyways of the community on a weekday night. After four years of almost complete calm, in recent months UPP officers were ambushed a few times by armed dealers who remain in the community.
    20160330_VidigalGeo_DIG_0001__DSC672...jpg
  • Police officers patrol the alleyways of Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
    20170324_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Police officers patrol the alleyways of Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
    20170324_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Police officers patrol the alleyways of Vidigal, one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas most visited by tourists due to it's stunning views of the city and friendly atmosphere. Vidigal was considered one of the most successful cases of a community policing strategy implemented in several favelas in the lead up to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but now the program was largely abandoned by the authorities and the police is frequently attacked by drug dealers during their patrols
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  • Ananias de Oliveira Pereira, an evangelical christian preacher, sits by the entrance of his church, totally pierced by bullets from the frequent gun fights between police and drug dealers in Complexo do Alemão, a complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro that was suposed to become the example of effective security and poverty reduction policies in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but became the showpiece of the city's colapse after the event
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  • Stairway pierced by bullets from frequent gun fights between drug dealers and the police in Complexo do Alemão, a complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro that was suposed to become the example of effective security and poverty reduction policies in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games but became the showpiece of the city's colapse after the event
    20170322_RioColapseDerSpiegel_DIG_00...jpg
  • Friends and relatives mourn at the funeral of Vanessa dos Santos, a 10 year old killed by a stray bullet during a gun fight between police and drug dealers on the favela where she lived with the family in Rio de Janeiro. Vanessa is the 632nd victim of stray bullets in Rio in 2017. After spending billions to host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games Rio government's finances colapsed, investment in security plumeted and violence is spitaling out of control. Violent deaths increased 26% in relation to 2016 and the number of people killed by the police 85%
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  • Street vendors in Praça Mauá, the heart of Rio de Janeiro's recently redeveloped port area. After spending billions to host both the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio is barkrupt, its politicians engulfed in a huge corruption scandal and its residents facing a fast rise in joblessness and violent crime. The homeless population increased 300% in the last three years and the number of informal workers, like street vendors, after a few years of decline, has been growing steadly
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  • Man sleeps on a square on the recently redeveloped port area of Rio de Janeiro. After spending billions to host both the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio is barkrupt, its politicians engulfed in a huge corruption scandal and its residents facing a fast rise in joblessness and violent crime. The homeless population increased 300% in the last three years.
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