Tag: Drugs
Victims of Human Trafficking These Women Are Jailed in Brazil as Drug Mules
Helena had been struggling to provide for her six-year-old son in Africa’s island nation ...
São Paulo Destroys Crackland and Offers Instead Forced Hospitalization for Drug Addicts
On May 21, 500 civil and military police descended on the downtown São Paulo ...
São Paulo’s Answer to Drugs: Police, Tractors and Forced Treatment
Last Sunday, São Paulo authorities dramatically deployed a “new” approach to dealing with drug ...
Brazil Prisons: Where the Criminals Are the Ones Running the Show
The prison population throughout Latin America has been growing steadily for the past few ...
Human Rights Watch Blames Brazil’s Prison Overcrowding on Country’s Anti-Drug Law
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticized Brazil’s prison overcrowding problem in its World Report ...
Military Man Shot in Brazil After Entering Drug Lords Territory Has Died
National Force agent Hélio Vieira Andrade died at Salgado Filho Hospital in Rio, where ...
Group in Brazil Wants Community Work Not Prison for Petty Drug Traffickers
As part of the debate on violence reduction in Brazil, NGO Sou da Paz ...
A Brazilian Senator Wonders If Regulating Pot Is the Answer
Two frightening threats are contaminating the education of our children and young people: domestic ...
Amid Poverty and Decaying Neighborhoods the Drug Business Is Thriving in Brazil
Grajaú Bus Terminal, São Paulo Capital South Region. For years, the government of São ...
Brazil’s Nova Luz: Downtown Revitalization or Cleansing Operation?
A new project launched by the São Paulo local government entitled ‘Nova Luz’ (‘New ...
