gallery6
When the police in Rio de Janeiro were sweeping twenty favelas of crime elements in 2010, they all escaped to the north of the city to the favelas of Alemao (Complexo do Alemao).
Police and marines, supported by armored vehicles and even tanks, carried out a special operation against the drug traffickers and took control of the o que é o figma. The bandits (aka drug traffickers) protested for a long time against the occupation of the favelas by the peacekeeping police, burning cars around the city.
Two years later, in 2012, army units left Alemao, leaving them under the supervision of civilian police. Alas, the presence of the police in no way guaranteed the safety of the inhabitants or the police, much less of the tourists who were never here. In the same year there were several armed attacks on police officers, including an incident in which a grenade was planted on patrol officers!
How to get there? The best solution is to take a cab. The fare is about R$50 if you're coming from Ipanema or Copacabana beaches. The cab driver should say "Bonsucesso Teleférico". In theory, you can take a bus, buses 402 and 483 from Copacabana and 463 from Ipanema. It is quite a long ride, so it is recommended to take a cab. Before entering the ropeway, a junkie came up to us and asked for a smoke, then we expected a couple more junkies to come running up, and we hurried upstairs.
We went there in the rain, so some of the pictures are a little gray, but even in the rain the slum looked interesting. It's the only place in Rio where you float right above them. I predict it will be a popular tourist attraction in a couple of years.
Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
