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    of Complexo do Alemão. After World War I, a Pole named Leonard Kaczmarkiewicz bought the land. Soon after, the place became known as Morro do Alemão (German's...
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  • The Complexo do Alemão massacre was the result of an ongoing conflict between drug dealers and the police in the borough of the same name in Rio de Janeiro...
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    headquarters in the city, located in the Vila Cruzeiro and the neighboring Complexo do Alemão. The operation is considered a success by the government and local...
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    state funding. The line operated between Bonsucesso Station [pt] and Complexo do Alemão, with a total of six stations along the route. The duration of a single...
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    favelas in the Zona Norte called the Complexo do Alemão (German Complex); more specifically within the Complexo this particular area is known as the Grota...
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    is the third-largest favela in Rio de Janeiro, behind Rocinha and Complexo do Alemão. The favela expanded as the city industrialized, and it became the...
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    another 30 minutes. On 8 July 2011, SuperVia began operating the "Complexo do Alemão" slum cable car, the first mass transit aerial lift passenger system...
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    turf wars with militias over territories such as their headquarters, Complexo do Alemão. Amigos dos Amigos (Friends of Friends) or ADA is another of Rio de...
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    Comando Vermelho, commanded drug trafficking in thirty slums near Complexo do Alemão and Penha, Brazil. He was accused of killing over sixty people. Elias...
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  • word Alemão as nickname for non-German Brazilian Footballer. "Complexo do Alemão". Encontra Penha RJ. Retrieved 10 February 2015. The word Alemão as nickname...
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  • living in the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in Rio de Janeiro. Tuany Nascimento was born and raised in the Complexo do Alemão of northern Rio de Janeiro...
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  • presented in the film takes place a few days before the invasion of the Complexo do Alemão by the military police, which occurred on November 26, 2010. Doca...
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    work in former faction strongholds, as was the case in Rocinha and Complexo do Alemão. Burning containers, lack of restrooms and armor, accumulated garbage...
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  • VP": Márcio dos Santos Nepomuceno, better known as "Marcinho VP do Complexo do Alemão" (top boss of the Comando Vermelho, the largest criminal organization...
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    Felipe Lucena. Diário do Rio, 4 October 2015. "História da Alerj (Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) e da inauguração do Palácio Tiradentes"...
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    Eclectica. p. 156. "Significado do nome dos Bairros do Rio de Janeiro". 13 April 2020. "Significado do nome dos Bairros do Rio de Janeiro". 13 April 2020...
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    stay, the beast eats", is analogous to the English aphorism "Damned if you do, damned if you don't". In 2011, a local currency called CDD was created for...
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    the woods of Serra da Misericórdia, which connects Vila Cruzeiro to Complexo do Alemão, where most of the victims were shot. They seized 13 rifles, 12 grenades...
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  • Complexo da Maré Complexo do Alemão Santa Marta Jacarezinho Ladeira dos Tabajaras Mangueira Manguinhos Mineira Morro Azul Morro da Babilônia Morro do...
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    "conheci o Lula no Complexo do Alemão, e ele não tirou o olho do meu popozão", Brazilian Portuguese for "I met Lula at Complexo do Alemão and he didn't stop...
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    of criminals fired upon police in different locations within the Complexo do Alemão on the same day that military forces completed their final withdrawal...
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    neighborhoods in the country. More than 40 different bus routes serve Copacabana, as do three subway Metro stations: Cantagalo, Siqueira Campos and Cardeal Arcoverde...
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    of criminals fired upon police in different locations within the Complexo do Alemão on the same day that military forces completed their final withdrawal...
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    AAV-7A1s in support of their operations to occupy the Complexo da Penha and Complexo do Alemão favelas, where the vehicles were used to clear barricades...
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    enthusiasts. There is also a cycling lane along the beach. Pepê beach, closer do Morro do Joá, has kite surf schools, food kiosks, and surf schools. The Teatro...
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    Janeiro Pacifying Police Unit Community policing "Bairro: Rocinha". Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved...
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    Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais during the 2010 raid on Complexo do Alemão.[citation needed] M113s were sent by the United States and several...
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    2021-01-03. Standke, Stevens. "'A arte me salvou', afirma Eduardo Kobra, autor do mural da Ponta da Praia". A Tribuna. Retrieved 2021-01-03. "Projects". Eduardo...
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    the region since 1845. Before the area was urbanized it was known as Campo do Leblon (Leblon's Field). The Quilombo of Leblon was a quilombo (settlement...
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  • Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre. 2008 – In a highly scrutinized...
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