Macacos

"When there is a confrontation, as soon as we hear the first shot, we have to leave the classroom, run to the corridor, duck, try and get the children out of the way," said Felix, a primary school teacher in the notorious Morro dos Macacos favela who has taught in some of Rio's most deprived areas in the last 30 years.

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Police officers of the Peacemaker Police Unit program, UPP, patrol the Morro dos Macacos slum on Nov. 18, 2010.

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Police officers of the Peacemaker Police Unit program, UPP, patrol the Morro dos Macacos slum on Nov. 18, 2010.

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Police officers of the Peacemaker Police Unit program, UPP, patrol the Morro dos Macacos slum on Nov. 18, 2010.

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'The establishment of other UPPs that led to the fleeing of so many 'commanders', has meant that the drug trafficking network is severely weakened', Paulo Geovane from Morro dos Macacos explained.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Teresa Goncalves 2011

The introduction of the UPP has undoubtedly been paramount in providing security for Morro dos Macacos.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Teresa Goncalves 2011

Police officers of the Peacemaker Police Unit program, UPP, patrol the Morro dos Macacos slum on Nov. 18, 2010.

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Morro dos Macacos has been going from strength to strength after the introduction of the UPP in November last year.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Teresa Goncalves 2011

Bullets ripped into the helicopter as it hovered over a shoot-out between police and drug traffickers in the Morro dos Macacos, or Monkey Hill, slum in northern Rio de Janeiro.

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Bullets ripped into the helicopter as it hovered over a shoot-out between police and drug traffickers in the Morro dos Macacos, or Monkey Hill, slum in northern Rio de Janeiro.

WN.com - Business News 2010