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Brazil: insecurity in democracy
16/07/2007 By Susanne Gratius, Sarah-Lea John de Sousa
At the end of June 2007 19 persons have died during a the struggle between the security forces of the state and the narcotraffickers of the “Comando Vermelho”, the principal criminal organization in Rio de Janeiro.
The high rate of homicides in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo show that the problem of the delinquency can't be resolved with the militar. Knowing about this, the actual government has announced recently measures to improve the living conditions in the favelas (slums), spending more than 2000 million dollars in this project.
Also the new National Program for Public Security con Citizenship aims to strengthen the social actions, as well as the policital component in the struggle against the violence in the big metropolis.
An integrated policy that tackles both causes and effects of organized crime is, according to the authors, the main challenge security services are facing in Brazil.
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Keywords
Brazil Conflict Crime Democracy Latin America & Caribbean Regional powersBio author: Susanne Gratius
Latin America. Emerging powers. Brazil. Cuba. Venezuela. EU-Latin American relations.
Bio author: Sarah-Lea John de Sousa
Sarah-Lea John de Sousa holds an MA in Regional Sciences of Latin America (RWL) from the University of Cologne and is currently studying for a PhD in International Relations at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid. She was formerly a development project manager at the Chuconsultig agency in Germany.
