photo: AP / Felipe Dana
Policemen apprehend drugs and weapons found during an operation against drug traffickers at the Complexo do Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010.
photo: AP / Andre Penner
Police patrol the Complexo do Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday Nov. 29, 2010. Authorities seized control of what was long the most dangerous slum in the city that will host the 2016 Olympics, as operations continued Monday to locate drug gang members.
photo: AP / Andre Penner
Police patrol in the Complexo do Alemao slum as residents watch in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday Nov. 29, 2010. Authorities seized control of what was long the most dangerous slum in the city that will host the 2016 Olympics, as operations continued Monday to locate drug gang members.
photo: Agencia Brasil
Carandiru, a lei dos mais fracos
photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR
Presidente Lula cumprimenta populares durante visita às obras do Complexo Eólico de Osório, o maior da América Latina.
photo: AP / Silvia Izquierdo
Policemen place a Brazilian flag at a top point of the Complexo do Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Rio's most dangerous slum that was the backbone of the city's biggest drug gang was taken by 2,600 police and soldiers Sunday, an unprecedented accomplishment by authorities in their fight to secure this seaside metropolis that will host the 2016 Olympics.
photo: AP / Silvia Izquierdo
An alleged drug trafficker known as Zeu, center, is arrested during a police operation at the Complexo do Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Rio's most dangerous slum that was the backbone of the city's biggest drug gang was taken by 2,600 police and soldiers Sunday, an unprecedented accomplishment by authorities in their fight to secure this seaside metropolis that will host the 2016 Olympics.
photo: AP / Felipe Dana
Police officers hands packages of marijuana seized during an operation against drug traffickers to a fellow officer at the Complexo do Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Rio's most dangerous slum that was the backbone of the city's biggest drug gang was taken by 2,600 police and soldiers Sunday, an unprecedented accomplishment by authorities in their fight to secure this seaside metropolis that will host the 2016 Olympics.
photo: AP / Silvia Izquierdo
Soldiers take position behind an armored vehicle during an operation against drug traffickers at the Complexo do Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010. Occasional gunfire broke the tense stillness Saturday morning as armored vehicles prepared to push past barriers into Rio's most dangerous slum, as police increased pressure on drug traffickers believed to have ordered the wave of violence that has terrorized the city this week.
photo: AP / Silvia Izquierdo
Soldiers take position behind an armored vehicle during an operation against drug traffickers at the Complexo do Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010. Occasional gunfire broke the tense stillness Saturday morning as armored vehicles prepared to push past barriers into Rio's most dangerous slum, as police increased pressure on drug traffickers believed to have ordered the wave of violence that has terrorized the city this week.
photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR
Jaguaribara/CE - Presidente Lula visita o complexo do Castanhão, composto por uma barragem, uma estação de criação de alevinos e um parque de produção de peixes. wnhires
photo: European Community / Paulo Juntas
The towers of Amoreiras
photo: Wilson Dias/ABr
Brasília - Presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva discursa durante cerimônia de assinatura dos decretos de desapropriação de imóveis rurais do complexo da Usina de Catende, em Pernambuco. ula1
photo: AP/Silvia Izquierdo
Brazilian police look for drug dealers alongside a woman protecting a child at the Complexo Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday June 25, 2006. For decades Brazil was a second-string player in Latin America´s cocaine trade _ a way stati
photo: Domingos Tadeu/PR
Brasília - Presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva durante cerimônia de assinatura de decretos desapropriando 23 imóveis rurais da Zona da Mata de Pernambuco, do complexo da Usina Catende, e que será utilizado para assentamento de quatro mil famílias que tr
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Conde Matarazzo Building is headquarters of São Paulo City Hall.