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[@VICENews]

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[@JujuGurgel]

I used to live in Rio , grew up there and everything he mentioned is true to the bone. When the gangs are in war it's pretty scary and an attack can happen in plain day light.

[@MusehanaH]

A friend came to South Africa for the 2010 world cup and upon returning home, he spent a day at an airport because gangs were shooting at each other from across a major highway which had to be closed until the gangs stopped shooting. Hectic

[@lucasart328]

@@alejandrodominguez706 cope it happens everday

[@ambessashield9360]

@@alejandrodominguez706 You seem obsessed by the fact that you’re white. Do you consider dark skin Brazilians like pele less Brazilian than you? Btw. There were more slaves taken from Africa to Rio than all of the United States.

[@valorz6064]

I am exercising my right to defend my castle with a passion thanks to these animals flooding our border and politics... Going soft on crime is a joke, blast em away...

[@dcastnick7064]

@@valorz6064 Bro don't worry, I doubt they want to come and steal and your CP vids. People like this are always hiding something.

[@lucasskovgaard3526]

My dad is from Brasil and grew up in the favelas of São Paulo, and used to sell drugs like weed, shrooms and coke back in the 70-80s. He has lots of great stories, but has since put this lifestyle behind him. He since met my Danish mother and moved here to Denmark/Dinamarca to raise me, which I respect him for, but I wish I was more in touch with my Brazilian side and family. Saudadés 😔🇧🇷🇩🇰

[@remy_sporesoninstagramsell456]

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[@steverobertson6393]

There's a story and a couple ya never see. I mean, when is media gonna finally depict a brown guy with a white woman?! Come on, folks! Your parents were pioneers and must feel proud when they watch current Western Media. The world has learned! All white women, get after that brown guy. Right? Better world now and in the future. :D

[@lucasskovgaard3526]

@Zayri Lookman I have a Brazilian/Italian middle name

[@catchbooker7257]

I watched a Vice documentary about a black (ish) guy brutally murdered by his “friends”. It was truly staggering how unaware the Danes were about their racism and prejudices. Also the ghettos they built for immigrants. I was truly amazed as Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway are always listed at the “best” places to live. They were seriously as oblivious as the Croatians who don’t acknowledge Jasenovac.

[@steverobertson6393]

@@catchbooker7257 I agree! I think it's just terrible that these people don't give these migrants their own homes. I don't see why the people natively from any country should have any rights. Everything belongs to the bottom people. I'm right there with ya brother. These people from the north are just soo r@cist. I mean, have you ever heard of a non-African foreign worker being targeted are harmed in Africa?! NO! But here is whitey just being soo ignorant. We're the good guys. We know the truth, you and me and people like US!

[@andrewjames1416]

the way he described everything in a timeline that makes sense really painted the picture of how rough it must be to live there. great job man

[@toasteddingus6925]

Vice Mexico and Vice Brazil teams rn duking it out for the title of best organized crime documentaries

[@javedbarakat2577]

I had a Brazilian neighbor. Guy told me he got away from the military after his first assignment. I was baffled and asked "why?" Then he explained... First assignment as a rookie was to enter a prison after B.O.P.E, the rookies were placed in teams and were given a body part to pick up. So team 1 would be picking up Arms Team 2 would be picking up Legs Team 3 would be picking up Heads Team 4 would be picking up Torsos He gave some grimy visualization of what happens in Brazil its crazy.

[@TheOsamaBahama]

Reminds me of the film Elite Squad when the captain from BOPE tells the rookies "Today you are gonna learn how to pick up bodies. C'mon, what are you waiting for?"

[@lugeiger4924]

I think your brazilian neighbor was either telling you a lie or he worked on the Carandiru massacre, in that case it wasn`t the BOPE. In any case this scenery seems very improbable cause we would`ve heard of something this absurd. And also, the army and the police (which the BOPE is a part of) rarely work together. Eu acho que te meteram um kaô meu brother

[@quinnshaw9100]

you can spam the same racist crap in every comment, doesn’t change the fact that Brazil sucks.

[@javedbarakat2577]

@@lugeiger4924 just look at the above comment. It's even played out in movies because that's what happens! BOPE and army don't work together ? Darling it seems you know very little about how the military works. All those guys work together, each have different roles. BOPE goes in to calm the unrest by any means necessary and the army recruits pick up bodies and body parts. & Brazl is very huge, chances are you don't hear about every operation.

[@sheep8618]

@@lugeiger4924 It’s definitely not absurd, Central and South American gang is extremely brutal where beheading and dismemberment is very common.

[@TheOsamaBahama]

I'm from Rio and everything he said is true. I remember one day in 2008 when the governor launched a massive operation for the police to retake all of the favelas in the city from the gangs. I didn't go to school that day and my mother didn't go to work because the city was basically at war. We stayed home watching the operation on TV.

[@jotaro2690]

How is life in fevala

[@W2LTA]

BOPA going to work.

[@Fit_soldier]

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[@HLBNZ]

@@alejandrodominguez706 Murder rate of Brazil: 62,318..... Murder rate of the USA: 25,000.... Stop lying dingleberry. Everything you said is a lie

[@m1sniper]

@@alejandrodominguez706 please shut up

[@fabiosouza28]

I'm from Brazil, and I can say that he tells better than a lot of journalists here... Well said and very accurate! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@juniorpaulo3494]

Vdd cara, eu achei a mesma coisa e ainda detalhou como as coisas de fato ocorrem

[@tinycheese8676]

The government is failing to create jobs for people to support their families if they try to do it themselves and it is a problem, we are tired of the government playing with us

[@mrd7067]

Since you seem to be brasil can you speak on how the different factions are organised? I tried to find out how BOPE is organised but it`s hard to find informations and it seems to be different from NATO. I also wonder how much time for the different things in their training course is allocated and how often do they really need the parachuting and diving training on operations. Thank you for your time.

[@juniorpaulo3494]

@@mrd7067 comando vermelho (red command) terceiro comando (third command) and amigos dos amigos (friends of friends) are the 3 main gangs that dominate the favelas in Rio, Bope is not a faction in fact they are the tactical unit of the military police in Rio like a Swat, the militia is a criminal group and also dominate several favelas in Rio, the comando vermelho is not as organized as the militia or PCC in Sao Paulo, because they have several leaders in several different places, what happens in favelas of Rio is similiar to what happens in Haiti where heavily armed gangs dispute territory for drug trafficking, that's the truth

[@mrd7067]

@@juniorpaulo3494 I understand that. The question is how are they all organised and structured. Bope for example seems quite small wiith short training time and i try to see parallels to things i know.

[@brvnos]

I'm a Brazilian from SP, all he said was spot on.

[@NAKMEEZY]

Enslaved Africans did NOT smuggle weed on slave ships. What a dumb thing to say.

[@samsonsoturian6013]

Not all Africans came as slaves.

[@JimmyCrackCorn_]

Indians BROUGHT OVER MARIJUANA, they were called COOLIES from INDIA!!

[@effingsix3825]

The irony of all this is that harm reduction is a success in Portugal.

[@atmosrepair]

Portugal is a good destination these days!

[@lklklkm8910]

not irony, just logic and history. Portugal colonized us and many countries, the best places in the world to live were/are made by taking from others

[@rapasvi]

Brazil is my country, I lived in a poor neighborhood, the drug dealer was my neighbor, his mother was always smoking and she had cats. Really nice people. I was only robbed once in my street. Funny thing is: weekends the baile funk were organized by him and one other neighbor, a police officer. It's funny how you grow up in this environment and it's normal for you, I miss the old days, but I understand it wasn't healthy.

[@kiuk_kiks]

How’s your English so good? I watched some Brazilian soap operas back when I was in subsaharan Africa and the poor were blacks & mestizo while the rich were whites.

[@rapasvi]

@@kiuk_kiks that's a really fucked up thing to ask and Brazil is way more nuanced than novelas.

[@honjokun0615]

Saudações da Tailândia, amiga. Muito obrigado por compartilhar suas histórias

[@markeezbaroon2033]

@@alejandrodominguez706 what is your point with this comment ..do you think that you are saving Brazil with this comment?

[@teeusao]

@@alejandrodominguez706 this mf is lying asf

[@festol1]

All said by mr Nico is very accurate with the reality (especially about Rio). What a piece for journalistic work!

[@voxer3060]

Indeed it was, but it could be more emphasized that the militia groups only operate in Rio and wich is where also is the worst place on the country for gang violence. Rio got out of hand

[@openranks4519]

This guy is spreading FUD. I visit Brazil often and have a friend who lives there, it’s awesome….and he definitely exaggerated the so called racism.

[@DarrylGonzales]

@@voxer3060 the Northeast region endure violence much worse

[@lucasalx8968]

@@voxer3060 thats cap. Militia areas arent the worst in rio. Just in jacarepagua. Who most off this members are ex Drug trafikcers. 😅 But the militia sucks too.

[@voxer3060]

@@DarrylGonzales i wont say much worse, but similar

[@andya6461]

This is the kind of insightful, non-bias, reporting that we use to love Vice for. We would never get this point of view from mainstream media. Vice please do more stuff like this where a person can actually feed their mind instead of the dull bloated reports you've done in recent years.

[@cantcmebeast]

“non-bias”😂

[@FunYl]

"Non-bias" Yeah, right...Vice 😄😄😄

[@fowchiiiliedpuppiesdied]

It is completely biased, because it focuses solely on one aspect, only addresses the narrative it seeks, and ignores the rest. They could choose to do a story, about hard working vendors, who get constantly kicked off sidewalks, by local police, when they are just trying to make a living. That would be a new insight. This is the one and only thing channels like VICE, focus on, because it gets clicks. Your comment is nothing more than a sound bite, you overheard, and repeated. Think critically.

[@byhilliard]

It's completely filled with far left wing propaganda. Lmao.

[@andya6461]

@@byhilliardWhere is the propaganda?Its not talking about any particular group or putting across any political view. Its only describing some ones experience of a drug gang and how they operate.

[@JK-vb6ju]

great interview wish it was longer

[@JK-vb6ju]

@@alejandrodominguez706 thanks for clarifying that bro

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[@my1stytchannel]

@@alejandrodominguez706 24% of Rio residents live in favelas. About 2 million people. Skid row homelessness is about 65k people. About .01% of LA population. Per capita, Brazil has way more murders per year. You're trying to manipulate the numbers.

[@foodieanimal1066]

Vice is back in all its glory! Much appreciated..

[@kikemendez9664]

Vice I’ve been wanting a more recent video on Mexicos cartels if you guys could possibly cover them again but without putting yourselves in too much danger

[@massiv323]

They just dropped a sicario training video on the Mexican cartel

[@comradepolarbear6920]

@@alejandrodominguez706 literally everything you said is a lie

[@karareeves1280]

@@massiv323 yess very cool to watch

[@JimmyCrackCorn_]

@@alejandrodominguez706 most of Brazil IS NOT EUROPEAN! 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@bdawgsteppa2381]

@@alejandrodominguez706 we are aware

[@DG-ig1rb]

I am brazilian and I've been living in the metropolitan area of Rio for more than 20 years. In my opinion this interview was very accurate in many subjects, despite I disagree at some points. I met at least more than 10 people who were murdered, including a teenager girl, a person related to my family, my brother's best friend (they were classmates and friends since their childhood), the son (together with his friend and in front of his own house) of a wonderfull evangelical woman who helped my family a lot in the past (may she rest in peace) and even two neighbors who were killed around 2:30am inside their home, and we all woke up with the shots - many, many shots. A few days ago, an ex neighbor who I knew relatively well was also murdered. And I still remember a few others. Ok, the point is: none of them was rich, but most of them were not needy in terms of money - as an example, an ex classmate of mine, from a private school and in better situation than me, was arrested years ago for drug trafficking, and the newspapper even mentioned that he was a middle class guy, and that his house was imponent in comparison to its neighboring buildings. Back to the subject... most of them were mestizos like me (but darker), and a few others were either black or white. And most of them had also some things in common: they were on drugs, flirting with 'thug's lifestyle', attending to funk parties in the favelas and living completely imersed in guetto's culture. And you know what? This crap cultural environment is very present among teenagers, at least in this part of Rio de Janeiro state. Teenager boys and young men acting like thugs (clothes, language, manneirisms and so on) is something you can see often here. They are part of a cultural subversion process which tends to idolize crime, drugs, free sex and money. And yes, mainstream media has been feeding this process too, and as soon as you open your mouth to point it out, some people will say "you're racist and prejudicial against this artist/song/culture because he/she/it comes from the favelas". Obviously, poverty takes a role in crime and violence, but, in my opinion, cultural environment, at least in the context of the crime in Rio de Janeiro, plays the main role.

[@mrd7067]

Since you seem to be brasil can you speak on how the different factions are organised? I tried to find out how BOPE is organised but it`s hard to find informations and it seems to be different from NATO. I also wonder how much time for the different things in their training course is allocated and how often do they really need the parachuting and diving training on operations. Thank you for your time.

[@catchbooker7257]

The cultural environment/social structure plays a part in it everywhere. Rough neighbourhoods in California, projects in New York/Chicago, council houses in Manchester, UK. Individuals from teenage “gangs” in London are stabbing each other to death in London every other day over “street cred”. But it happens in areas that are deprived and underfunded and no “civilised” people live there, so who gives a f**k? As long as it’s not happening where “I” live, no one cares. And you will never eradicate poverty so this cycle will just keeping spinning round and round forever.

[@abulebube1239]

@@mrd7067 About how BOPE is organized. There’s basically 0 open sources on them because they are very heavily discouraged from talking about it, however, as I understand they very heavily use 4 man fireteams in a series of combinations. The only major organization that I know is that there’s some clear subdivisions, how those are structured I don’t know, but here it goes. There’s the Tactical Intervention Unit, which is divided in a sniper unit, a intervention unit and a hostage negotiator unit. The other major sub unit is the Demolition, Engineering and Transport Unit which is reponsible for clearing obstacles into the favelas, that’s about all I know. About the drug cartels, the organization isn’t really different from the average Mexican cartel. There’s the “aviãozinhos”, basically messenger boys for the cartel, and that’s how you start, then you go up the scale to the lookout or “fogueteiro” because you use fire crackers or kites to warn if the police is coming, there’s the armed guards/enforcers up the ladder and after that there’s the “gerente da boca” which is the local manager basically. That’s about it really.

[@mrd7067]

@@abulebube1239 Thank you for the answer. Interestingly i found a few documents on the training of bope and similar units and autotranslate helped greatly. By now i learned that in 2015 or so they doubled from 400 so they are probbly about 800 people strong by now (for the football worldcup and the olympic games). I have also learned that they have 4 "combat companies" that are primarly used as QRF & to attack the Favelas. To my understanding they work 24 hour shifts and then have 72 hours off. I have also read that their groups (patrulha), while on foot on patrol are 4 (Ponta 1, Ponta 2, Comandante, Retaguarda) to 8 (Ponta 1, Ponta 2, Comandante, Tarefas Especiais, Ala, Sub Comandante, Retaguarda, Retaguarda) strong. On the other hand for "CQB" there can be seen 5 (1 with a shield and the normal 4. I don`t know if they use dogs). I still try to find out how this companies and platoons are organised and work since, from what i get from videos their medics,who probably have their own vehicles seem not to move with the platoons. Command & control is also a thing. I also wonder where they put their vehicles when they go into a favela. Not to forget that unarmored vehicles are stupidy easy to attack. The manuals online for those who might be interested: POLÍCIA MILITAR DE SANTA CATARINA BATALHÃO DE OPERAÇÕES POLICIAIS ESPECIAIS - BOPE MANUAL DE TÉCNICAS OPERACIONAIS DO BOPE and Ementas Operações Especiais Both from 2018

[@abulebube1239]

@@mrd7067 Yooooooooo, sorry my dude. When you were saying BOPE I assumed it was the Rio de Janeiro one (because it’s the most popular one, let’s be honest) and didn’t really think about other states special units. Just warning that as far as I know some procedures are state specific so the one from Santa Catarina I wouldn’t immediately assume to apply to Rio de Janeiro, however, most of it it’s true about Rio de Janeiro. Just a small disclaimer for you.

[@entidadebeats]

Im Brazilian , and let me say, this is the best piece of journalism about here i've ever seen.This guy is better than most history teachers we got here and he explained very well word by word what is happening.Congratulations on this video

[@stanmarsh820]

The Brazilian state's failure to provide jobs and opportunities for everyone is the main reason why these gangs even exist. Ironically, some Brazilians blame the Humans' Rights treaty as the reason why being a criminal seems so rewarding but is the country's failure of respecting them that promotes the current scenario, such as the mentioned ongoing employment crisis, and the fact that, beyond recruiting members from poor communities, the gangs also recruits from overcrowded prisons where inmates live in inhuman conditions, playing the role of the state by taken care of prisoners providing better food and basic items, such as clothes and a mattress.

[@mrnarason]

it's not the state's job to provide jobs but private entities. If the government was less isolationist, and reduced taxes on imports etc, local business could thrive.

[@qjtvaddict]

@@mrnarason BULLSHIT !!!!!! Excuses for failure

[@jonatand2045]

It also the fault of drug prohibition, which incentivizes gangs and in turn makes development harder.

[@elmaestrorochi4938]

Nah the Brazilian society is just uncivilized

[@jada2357]

@@mrnarason yes it is. the literal job of the government is to serve the people

[@joekelly8998]

Really takes me back to some of y’all’s best docs, keep it up

[@user-uw2px3si3u]

Remember when Vice used to actually literally show us what was happening instead of telling us stories of what happens

[@sudi_cloud]

Commenting from Brazil, it's amazing how well informed Niko Vorobyov is! Congratulations! ❣But I wish he had had more time to explain his view on what a "progressive Brazilian drug policy" would look like. Furthermore, how could such a policy contribute for a broader policy on poverty reduction/elimination - which I believe is one of Brazil's top priorities?

[@sudi_cloud]

@@alejandrodominguez706 , clearly you did not watch the video. Your comment is absolutly out of context. I suppose you are reflecting your own prejudices. It is you who thinks most Brazilians live in slums, isn't it? It's you who codemns the high Brazilian criminality rates, isn't it? It is you who are jelous of Americans, isn't it? LOL

[@sudi_cloud]

@@alejandrodominguez706 , So you're on the team of those who are always making bad choices and screwing up their and everyone's lives around them. Pífio 🤮

[@Akac3sh]

@@alejandrodominguez706 stop trying to sell Brazil so you can keep gentrifying it

[@pietrojenkins6901]

Brazil seems like a forever bride...the groom (prosperity) is never coming.

[@sudi_cloud]

@@pietrojenkins6901 , apparently the same can be said of many other issues affecting us all, for example, climate change. The planet is a forever bride... the groom (limiting the increase of global mean surface temperature to 1°C) will never come.

[@WAlexel]

First: Sorry for my english, guys. Second: Bro, props for Vice has a such greats professionals envolved. I'm Brazilian, and all the topics in this video had a clearly truths about what the Brazilians are suffering.

[@barrymchugh5612]

Great reporting by Vice as usual! Keep it up my friends!!

[@davidz3879]

As more of Rio becomes gentrified, the property prices will increase rapidly, and the favelas will be cleared to make way for new, upmarket housing.

[@rho992]

noice

[@MichiganManiak]

Gentrification is a good thing

[@oaklandish5104]

Is it safe to say that a young mixed black n white brotha like myself can come move into a favela ? If I wanted to and would they set trip on me like oh look at this American muhfucka or would they be cool and also how do the women like Americans lol they got some fine ass women

[@Skynet83]

They will not clear the favelas, it’s never that simple. The government tried something similar with city of god in the 60’s and we all know how that turned out

[@davidz3879]

@@Skynet83 Rich companies will buy them, demolish them & built upmarket housing. The land is highly sought after & becoming more valuable, so it's inevitable.

[@Toddzmom01]

The dictator of Brazil is a monster..

[@samsonsoturian6013]

They don't have a dictator at this time

[@lildee2626]

The man is a walking encyclopedia. The world is in such a sad whirlwind that's its scary!

[@SnackKingOfficial]

Outstanding interview, quite captive. It's a shame how the human mind is plagued with such trivialities to the extent of terminating one another.

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[@Bruno-gj4jj]

@@alejandrodominguez706 wannabe white

[@ashtonkuypers4501]

@@alejandrodominguez706 Brazil has a higher homicide rate than the USA by about 3x

[@ashtonkuypers4501]

@@alejandrodominguez706 what’s ring with being black hey is that a problem in the USA being black doesn’t cause you problems as much as Brazil

[@khalidalali186]

Jesus Christ, here we go again. Hahaha.

[@davidz3879]

This is the main thing preventing Brazil from becoming a prosperous, developed country.

[@marionogueira6211]

not true at all

[@amadeovalentino2088]

Very true and corruption keeps this drug empire thriving

[@Raphael.6]

You're talking about the symptoms like they're the causes... That's wrong, reductionist and promotes a specific agenda that uses police operations as electoral propaganda...

[@somerandomguy7458]

Its a problem all over latin america and parts of north america

[@amadeovalentino2088]

@@somerandomguy7458 all over the world and sometimes let happen (corruption)

[@andreadonis5864]

it’s crazy because it’s been like this for almost 30 years..the movie city of god depicts this almost exactly ..

[@KAWTELENUH]

It's not coincidence

[@chicodimdim3025]

Because the City of God story is true.

[@Ajclz]

It has gotten worse since the Movie, way worse

[@bishyeahbish3758]

Good editing for the way they do the quick cuts and it keeps you watching the clips and keeps you engaged with the constant changes. I learned that last week and it really is something that works well in the right videos. The facts are the most important thing here and this was pretty decent tbh, accurate information which isn't always the case. If all videos were like this then it would be better for us all but the media love to tell lies and push agendas and that's just bullshit and should be banned.

[@lordjael]

There's always much coverage in regards to the violence and drugs wars here, but I lived in the favela of Pavão-Pavãozinho-Cantagalo for nearly a year and didn't have a single problem. These wars are strictly reserved for the opposition. The traffickers are nice and really have a bond with the community because this is obviously where they come from. You're more likely to be robbed outside of the favela than you ar inside of it because the traffickers don't want any more police presence there than there already is. Police will die. Drug traffickers will die. & so will innocent bystanders. Cidade Marvilhosa is a wonderful place, but I cant be remiss in regards to Brazil, as a whole being magical. My greatest times hav come in Porto Alegre and Salvador, but the natural beauty is incredibly magnificent in Rio de Janeiro and second to none in the world. Brazil will welcome you with open arms and you will be embraced once you begin learning Portuguese and accepting the culture that is being offered. It isn't all violence, nor is it all heavenly. Just put your best foot forward and don't be aloof, naive, frightened, or ignorant when you come here. Many blessings.

[@mickl9567]

I always wanted to visit , but there's too many news and coverages reporting the bad blood happening in Brazil

[@peraltaman]

So if i go there not knwoing the language ill be ok? Doubt it

[@TheThingInMySink]

Yeah no thanks, I've never set foot in a country with violent crime statistics like that, I'm sure the local traffickers are really nice to everyone they don't murder, but what they do directly leads to people dying, they do that despite everything and nothing that anyone will say disprove the fact that they are willingly harming others. Also murdering your opposition isn't something normal people do, and you shouldn't be normalizing that sort of behaviour. I've also never experienced as much trans & homophobia and general bigotry as I have with people from that side of the world, so I highly doubt your country is as nice and accepting as you claim it is, they accept you I'm sure, but will they except others? That I wouldn't be too sure of.

[@chikushodiz91]

@@TheThingInMySink what country do you live in? America

[@thereaper7682]

No thanks.. South America is just not a safe place let alone Brazil. So much crimes and murder because of drug and poverty

[@capslock6303]

Reading these comments, it never ceases to amaze me how ignorant and shallow-thinking americans can be when speaking on the outside world. Accurate and informative video, but sadly it fits into western media coverage of Brazil as a whole, which essentially amounts to fear-mongering criminality porn . Brazil is a rich and multi-faceted country, geographically larger than the US (excluding Alaska). Its people are gorgeous, welcoming and belong to myriad subcultures, the culinary and drinking traditions are amazing, the land is beautiful and the culture is in many ways far healthier than the US. Certainly not a Level 1 backpacking destination, but with some basic street smarts and an open mind you can visit safely and have a truly special experience. Reducing Brazil to favela drug wars is like reducing the US to gangland LA, Chiraq, etc. Use some critical thinking and remember that what is shown to you is only a tiny fragment of an infinite, developing story, squeezed into text/video/anecdote

[@gamerdrew2761]

Visiting a country should never require any level of street smarts to stay safe lol

[@capslock6303]

@@gamerdrew2761have fun in your bubble honey 😙

[@DizzyMakavelli]

@@gamerdrew2761 Bro visiting your grandma on the other side of town requires street smart... What you're talking about?

[@rahimrahimi15]

Shut up, man, why should Americans go abroad or bother going when they have 50 countries of 50 natures, why should they go when everything in the country itself is available to them?

[@gardenguster5271]

Except you have the largest gang problem in the world. Its not the peoples fault but this type of situation does not occur in America.

[@maziar8913]

Nice cover of contents around the matter and perfect slides matching the conversation loved it.

[@Gabagoolf]

Absolutely fascinating insights, more like this please vice!

[@niallfoley6711]

Irons ⚒️

[@JT-lw1oh]

Whoever controls the ports is the dominate one. You control the ports you control the flow of drugs, tax, trafficking routes and everything else falls in line. Hope the militia doesn’t gain superior dominance. I’m sure the cops are adding a lot of the death toll.

[@henkweeds1498]

It's like keeping ppl in poverty creates crime

[@lilestarossa]

Of course, criminals refer children to crime

[@amirkattan3693]

I love your videos vice you guys are real news

[@gfckid32]

This was surprisingly good.

[@ScolarVisar2307]

Love theses videos best source of world wide knowledge

[@Pissaiterence]

Brazil is not just Rio. This articles always cite Brazils violence as a chaotic horror movie, though they focus in specific places. Not every favela is dangerous. If you check numbers, murders per year in Brazil are half the number of overdoses in USA. We don’t have an opiate epidemic here (yet). So is Brazil that violent? And isn’t fentanyl overdose as violent as a murder? I honestly don’t think the dealers care, being a gun or a syringe, just another shot. What if every video about usa portrayed Detroit, wouldn’t it be missguiding. Anyway. Come to South America, not just Brazil. We have great places and people here. Be modest and don’t try to go to a favela playing gangster that you should be fine.

[@thewhitedevilfromthebible5899]

@ victor imagine comparing drug overdoses to people being murdered 🤡. Brazil is extremely violent and very racist as we can see . Go cope some more dummy

[@miahconnell23]

I have been spared, or excused, or allowed to get on without violence MANY times in Brazil. In all my experiences, I have found Brazilians to be more humane than people in other places. If my experiences could be replicated in Boston or NYC, I’m certain that I’d’ve been killed or very badly hurt.

[@mrnarason]

not sure why you are comparing murders to drug overdoses. I've been to Brazil and it was fine for the most part. But I can't do stuff there like I did in the US, like walk around my phone or wear headphones in the streets. It's certainly more dangerous.

[@ericreed4535]

Overdoses aren't homicides 😂. 35 of the world's 50 most dangerous cities are in 3 countries, Mexico, Brazil, and Venezuela. Rio isn't even in the top 10 of Brazil's most dangerous cities.

[@roach6992]

Bro what

[@PushyPawn]

But I wanted to see a video on Brazil's Nicest and Friendliest Drug Gangs.. When I go to Brazil, I don't want no trouble, just a good time.

[@robertbones326]

Lol

[@AntonVitullo]

Actually most of the drug dealers are cool . They love tourists they are just trying to make money and not hurt people .

[@kepe9531]

This reminds me a lot of Max Payne 3. That game is portrays perfectly the harsh reality not only in Brazil but Latin America as well with gangs, paramilitaries, poverty, inequality, and corruption. I wish there could be more games like that

[@shinobiblade2558]

try Ghost Recon Wildlands.

[@DizzyMakavelli]

Rio is crazier than any movie or video game in the industry. All the last mayors went to jail for corruption... That's insane.

[@vincenthawes8918]

I’m the real “Max Payne!!” 🔫🔫🔫

[@catchbooker7257]

Absolutely! That São Paulo favela level is awesome.

[@giancarloMarranti]

Damn some of Max Payne 3 stuff is pretty exaggerated and some lies in there. But if you think so, no problem.

[@chevellebelair1402]

I lived in Brazil for year's and.....yes it's not so bad

[@chevellebelair1402]

@@alejandrodominguez706 fooook no it's all drugs and gangs

[@729usbow]

Im amazed how accurate the facts are, I'm Brazilian and a historian, everything he said is correct and true.

[@jamesfarrell8339]

Where there are drugs and then the gangs gain power That is when the misery goes to a whole new stratosphere

[@jonatand2045]

Thank drug prohibition.

[@leonelgaldinomonteiro4783]

Leftwing politics by 80'.

[@mrboombastic8369]

it's more like the opposite. Where there are poverty and social inequality, there are violence, gangs and drugs.

[@francci8988]

@@mrboombastic8369 My city wasn't poor nor it had social inequality till' the day robbers and drug traffickers from the northeast region arrived, they and some other imigrants from their families started overflowing our small city creating families without any care, now there are thieves and drugs all around my city and most of the school kids are filling their asses up with MDMA, shroooms and weed, most of them get out unemployed and barely work just to pay for their drugs, while there isn't a good working base for manual work even though it has high offer of this kind of jobs. sorry for bad english

[@mrboombastic8369]

@@francci8988 where are you from?

[@1god2fear21]

2:44 Glock 22 Gen 4 USA model & Glock 17 with the Auto Sear

[@agoogleuser2369]

Very good coverage on the reality of life in Rio near the favelas.

[@outthemudpg1337]

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[@PistoleroSoluciones]

Excellent work. Well explained.

[@Gurci28]

Gang: a group of persons working together. (Merriam-Webster)

[@sbakernyc5761]

He says "the 2 biggest"; then names the CV (Red Command from Rio), and then says "an array of local gangs" and names like 3 different gangs lol. Also fails to mention by far the biggest and most powerful gang, the PCC from Sao Poalo. They're internationally powerful and are basically a cartel at this point. Not sure how he missed them

[@flaviomessias7730]

😂😂😂 sai dai o demente se o pcc fosse grande ja tinha no rio de janeiro o maximo que tem é aliança com o tcp

[@pavao4567]

Mas ele mencionou o PCC depois mano, e ele mesmo disse que era a maior organização da América latina. Nesse parte que vc citou, ele deve ter esquecido de mencionar o PCC.

[@sidneyaparecido3251]

Excellent material!!! Thanks!❤

[@velezmarzc1229]

This gangs reminds me of the thousand of jailed journalists, fårmêrs in vietnąm so far such as Tran Huynh Duy Thuc , Pham Chi Dung , Nguyen Tuong Thuy , Pham Chi Thanh , Can Thi Theu , Le Dinh Luong , Truong Minh Duc , Nguyen Trung Ton , Pham Van Troi , Hoang Duc Binh , Tran Anh Kim , Pham Van Diep and the green environmentalist Nguy Thi Khanh.

[@fr3ddog]

Great interview

[@timotheetessier1058]

I wish there was something else western media can report on in Brazil besides the hoods & the cartels Brazil is absolutely beautiful 😞

[@kaizenpsy8259]

To enjoy the wonderful things you need to be aware of the bad things too

[@erikjensen107]

This was so interesting to watch. I was so into the video I didn't even realize it had gone 10 min

[@sheep3460]

I don't know why but theses documentaries on drug cartels are my favourite. Click in seconds after thumbnail.🤷

[@iDecoA7X]

Great piece of work. I live in Brazil and u couldn't explain any better. fire content 🔥

[@famailiaanima]

As a Brazilian I can atest this guy is legit

[@OZMMC]

interesting video, I live in Brazil in the city of Rio de Janeiro!! this is all true, favela, building, beach, hill, all mixed up, faction war, police, militia, Christ the Redeemer and the most famous beach in the world, Copacabana!! we have many problems and yet Brazil is one of the most beautiful places in the world!!

[@Aussie-Mocha]

Brilliant report!!! This makes me wonder though how governments can just let it happen. And what involvement does USA Russia and China play in drug production and distribution across the world. Would be great to see a full global picture of how it’s going on.

[@jonatand2045]

It happens because of the failure that is drug prohibition. The harder it is enforced, the higher the drug prices and the richer dealers get. That is because it doesn't reduce demand for drugs.

[@sophieedel6324]

@@jonatand2045 Legalizing drugs has made the situation worse each time it has been tried. This idea that the gangs disseaper if one would legalize cocaine, it a complete fallacy, the gangs actually grow and make more revenue and become even more violent.

[@jonatand2045]

@@sophieedel6324 When didn't it work? It worked with alcohol legalization. Gangs wouldn't disappear immediately and completely, but at least no more fuel would be thrown into the fire. Even better would be legalization with a push to dismantle informal suppliers.

[@sophieedel6324]

@@jonatand2045 Many examples. A striking example is the legalisation of marijuana in the Netherlands. It has fueled the Mocro Maffia gang that now gets far more revenue from marijuana than before due to the increased use of marijuana.

[@jonatand2045]

@@sophieedel6324 It is still illegal but decriminalized there, so of course gangs profit. If the supply chain isn't allowed to become formal and regulated, gangs will supply.

[@Nelvouser]

This guy vision is obviously clouded by the fact he only stayed in RIO, drug dealers there make a big scene about how big and bad they're, but in reality, rio is its own thing, much muh different from the rest of the country, comparing CV to PCC is like comparing the u.s military to the taliban

[@Kt-le4ge]

😂🤣

[@carlosdeleon8527]

@@alejandrodominguez706 you know when people have no valid point they refer to what about ism. Instead of adressing the problem you say what about the USA? Lol

[@pdrugs6419]

Brazil need some legal weed, homie.

[@jonatassilveiradesouza2499]

It's a very precise characterization of Rio's criminality...but lacks the depth about Brazil's biggest organized crime sindicate, wich is, PCC (primeiro comando da capital/first comand of the capital) They went from São Paulo (the biggest city and most populous) to many other parts, such as the northeast areas and north (which you encounter the board between Brazil and Paraguai, Bolivia, etc). Although' he shows that most of this kind of crime sindicates were originated in the Military Government period...not even many Brazilians know about that. Great video, as usual.

[@esolthailand7439]

Decent vice stuff, just like the old days!

[@rfarias565]

Well done!!! What is the name of the book?

[@Ghetto_Bird]

Please just get rid of this polaroid filter (or whatever I should call it). It adds no value whatsoever and it's kind of ridiculous imo. Great journalism otherwise.

[@VitorHAM]

basically talking about Rio's scene which is really endemic, it does not picture Brazil's drugs scene as a whole since it is centered around PCC and its actions

[@mr_c_rm6932]

15:12 there's a shot of the italian police, not brazilian...

[@vitorcavalheiro1144]

loads of shots used weren't from brazil, i'm pretty sure u noticed

[@mr_c_rm6932]

@@vitorcavalheiro1144 fortunately just saw that one 🤣

[@mrgeez1]

He mentioned in the video that PCC deals with Ndrangheta which is Italian

[@sheik1711]

Brazil have a Cartels , not gangs.

[@diegopereira7281]

❤️❤️❤️🇧🇷❤️❤️❤️ No Brasil também existem pessoas trabalhadoras , estudantes , e que se esforçam muito para conseguir sobreviver em um país com a desigualdade social , desemprego , inflação , racismo estrutural , evasão escolar e a violência em números alarmantes . O melhor do Brasil é o brasileiro porque eles não desistem nunca de transformar sua realidade para algo melhor . O brasileiro é um povo sofrido é , portanto isso fez com que o povo brasileiro ficasse um povo guerreiro . Não é qualquer problema que vai derrotar um brasileiro. O Enem está aí para provar todo ano com milhões de brasileiros estudando para a maior prova do mundo para entrar em uma universidade federal e melhorar de vida. ❤️❤️❤️🇧🇷❤️❤️❤️

[@CatCutCigarette]

Em qualquer país que vive no limbo como o seu, existe!

[@passaroquetemasanaovoa]

Que comentário bost@

[@stanmarsh820]

Foi a ignorancia e incapacidade de entender que os principais culpados do problema de seu país é o próprio povo, maioria de analfabetos políticos, que o Líbano chegou no ponto de não ter energia e seus jovens fugindo para outros países. O povo Libanês seguia a mesma lógica de ser um povo resistente, adaptativo, quando não passavam de sapos sendo fervidos lentamente até chegar o ponto de serem cozidos. Brasileiros como você se iludem da mesma forma, se iludem com a idéia de meritocracia que o sistema vende para manter-los obedientes. Mas a realidade é que seu país vive um desemprego de pessoas qualificadas, e com a fuga dos quem tem oportunidade e são cientes o suficiente para entender que o futuro do Brasil é a ruína.

[@Soxandnicole]

Excellent video. Thanks

[@TEAM6USA]

Brazil had the biggest slave population in the world. Aprox. 11 million back in the 1800s. Rio and Salvador has the biggest number of them. They got their freedom but no transition from slavery to normal life. Unskilled labor, no decent access to education, no real jobs opportunities. For centuries stayed this way. Selling drugs or crime is a short cut to get a nice tennis shoe, watch, getting popular with girls. And the rest is history.

[@wattoucheng]

A good point highlighted on this was the political ties of the drug gangs and militias in Rio de Janeiro. Especially in Rio de Janeiro, the very foundation of the drug gangs and its leader revolves around political prisoners (i.e, the left wing militants arrested during the Military Dictatorship in the 1980s/1990s) recruiting and radicalizing common prisoners to essentially compete against the state in regards to power in the slums/favelas. Whereas public policies from the state failed to bring even the most basic needs to the citizens living in the communities, the drug gangs managed to fill that role and gain the trust of the people living there. Decades of police brutality also contributed to ''legitimizing'' the drug gangs as viable alternatives to the state. On the other hand, with the massive failure of the public policies and decades of gross mismanagement of public security (from left wing and right wing politicians) in Rio de Janeiro, militias linked to Rio's western region formed by current and former members of the state police have taken hold of entire cities, slums/favelas and regions. And yes: the Bolsonaro family, including and especially Federal Senator Flávio and City Council Member Carlos, have strong ties with alleged individuals linked to the militias. Suffice to say, the federal (between Lula and Bolsonaro) and state executive elections are going to be a shitshow here in Brazil. Great reporting, VICE

[@MariaJose-fo3vj]

True, but, The point is that the Bolsonaro family respects the military and the police, and takes (and took) many photos with police officers. But some of these police officers, A LONG TIME AFTER these photos were arrested and expelled from the corporation, and joined / formed the militias. Now they are showing these photos as if they had taken the photos with these police officers as if they were already part of the militias (and of course, they conveniently don't show the photos next to police officers who are still on the force). And they use it to "prove" that they are and support the militiamen, when it is quite the opposite. "Ah, but Flávio employed the wife of a militiaman" Another lie. Flávio employed the wife of an arrested police officer, who was starving with no income. As soon as he was released she was exonerated. And only months later he went to the militia. Once again, he falls into the old strategy of inventing some crime, as he cannot call the President corrupt.

[@jamaljames2578]

Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

[@jollygoodgordon5580]

*So Brazil… is basically the Max Payne 3 storyline?*

[@Raphael.6]

Yep, basically... The only difference is, no explosions, but the rest couldn't be more accurate... By the way, Brazilian here!

[@jeffahbb]

@@Raphael.6 Carioca você quis dizer, porque minha realidade é outra.

[@Raphael.6]

@@jeffahbb sulista na verdade... Temos execução brutal, tiroteio semanal, pm matando inocente, só muda o cenário... O rio ao menos é bonito...

[@coala2001]

RIO GANGS*, NOT BRAZIL! São Paulo isn't this shitty mess, one cartel, no war.

[@0Freguenedy0]

As if São Paulo doesn't have a huge number of robbers, guns and crack lands. São Paulo is like Japan, right? lol ainda é Brasil

[@0Freguenedy0]

Das capitais q morei, Curitiba parece a menos perigosa. Mas ainda é Brasil. Só ficar dando sopa e alguém vem e tenta te roubar. Possivelmente de mão armada

[@coala2001]

@@0Freguenedy0 Mas eles só cobriram o Rio de Janeiro. O Comando Vermelho é uma seita religiosa, o PCC é uma organização criminosa. Não tem o mesmo derramamento de sangue que tem o RJ, o negócio desses cara por aqui é roubar banco.

[@coala2001]

@@0Freguenedy0 é, mas a Vice sendo a Vice sensacionaliza tudo, transformam o Brasil inteiro numa narcolândia igual o Rio de Janeiro e o BR regular como eu e você é destratado lá fora por isso.

[@0Freguenedy0]

Sometimes we live in a bubble and forget that... It's not necessary to feel afraid to walk on the streets at night, that's a condition we have living in a bad place... It shouldn't be usual to have a close person who was robbed by an armed person, it shouldn't be usual to have gun deaths in your neighborhood... We pretend it's ok, by living in a bubble. But we kill like countries that live in war with the gangs. Imagine coming from Chile, Canada, France, Israel, places with 2, 3 deaths by fire arm per 100k ppl... Than going to Brazil with more than 20 per 100k. One can say São Paulo has the lowest death rate by guns in Brazil, that's still 8! Five times what you se in Portugal. We kill more than India, a place with six times our population, that's ridiculous Countries with the Highest Total Gun Deaths (all causes) in 2019 Brazil - 49,436 United States - 37,038 Venezuela - 28,515 Mexico - 22,116 India - 14,710 Colombia - 13,169 Philippines - 9,267 Guatemala - 5,980

[@msdream-cloud]

You've used the wrong "Cristo Rei" - the footage you use is a Cristo Rei in Portugal

[@ahurricanegod3361]

Brazil needs a government like El Salvador to Crack down on these extreme gangs.

[@narcissa1112]

its not like brazil already has mass incarceration and that's where the gangs started

[@skeletonman8277]

@@narcissa1112 lmao exactly, it's not like there's an ongoing drug war for the last 30 years in Rio de Janeiro

[@dopeaf129]

Bruh the government is part of the problem these groups even exists

[@jakel8627]

That's never worked. Polícia help run the drug trade and arms trade, it pays more than their regular job, and it's safer than trying to take wealth and territory from gangs. The drugs aren't going away. Focus on something positive, like better education and work programs, instead of escalating with violence.

[@shadowslayer9988]

@@jakel8627 How about do all that positive stuff and still crackdown on gangs cause just letting them room free has clearly not been working.

[@essite.oficial]

as a brazilian I can say this guy know a lot of the history of our favelas and factions

[@Leeroy6572]

Think Vice is making a monopoly on drug vids, 🙄🇬🇧

[@andersonandrighi4539]

Fueling all this violance in Brazil and most Latin America to be frank is the ease that firearms and ammo is smuggled into the region. To make matters worse gun traffickers rarely face justice. We know for a fact some of the worst gun runners in Brazil are active military personel or police officers.

[@Bettinasisrg]

What if they decriminalized drugs and took away these incentives?

[@valorz6064]

So what becomes the new incentive? Hang out all day on the streets doing drugs and throwing empty bottles at cops? Is that the culture you are sponsoring? Because its their "FREEDOM" to destroy their community without consequences? You can go ahead and house them in YOUR home...

[@SaracuraZN]

Weed in Rio it's really rubbish, good weed is found in the south of Brazil and in the north of the country

[@Tesla_ofthe_Skies]

This is wack, I remember when Vice would go on location, find sources, stash/cook houses and get them on camera. Now we just have people doing zoom meeting while giving an oral research report

[@lordsteppergod7269]

A great movie idea,Brazil Drug Gangs vs Mexican Drug Cartels

[@a3.148]

Pendejadas.

[@benitzers8858]

The sôutheast asian gangs in phillïpines, Vietnåm and thailånd: I raised those boys

[@josepharrr3712]

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[@passaroquetemasanaovoa]

Good to know, I’ll never visit these places

[@Fullmetal_christo]

@@passaroquetemasanaovoa I know right?

[@lukhanyozimela9715]

wow vice, is it cartel Sunday or something?

[@mannyvenus]

Do Northern ireland and interview the ira next

[@samsonsoturian6013]

The IRA has been defunct for decades and most of its members jailed for unrelated crimes.

[@p4nico63]

crime will never end, speaking of São Paulo Brazil.

[@Nelvouser]

Also, the biggest and most important faction of all is PCC(first capital command) CV is dwarfed by then

[@hotchrisbfries]

He mentions them later in the video

[@kylelarson5074]

This guy spent 2 weeks in Rio and now he thinks he's a gang expert.

[@Nelvouser]

@@kylelarson5074 I workfor the Brazillian institute of statistics and geography, the one and only responsible for all census, im the one who asks permissions for the drug lords of each community for the census pepople to walk freely collecting data

[@Nelvouser]

@@hotchrisbfries yes, but he said cv is the biggest

[@kylelarson5074]

@@Nelvouser The guy I'm referring to is the one in the interview. I was agreeing with you. Too bad that Brazil hasn't had an actual federal census in like 10 years though.

[@xxHumilde]

This wer very good questions 👍🏼💯

[@Nelvouser]

ONLY Rio favelas are like that, no other state has anything alike, in sao paulo not even in the most violent neighborhoods, in a DRUG DEN, where people are selling drugs will you see anyone brandishing a rifle, in fact, unless with the police or the ocasional bank heist you will never see anything bigger than a revolver, Rio de janeiro in the favelas very much looks like a insurgency country, but only there, violence in other places is much more contained, manly becausse PCC, a criminal cartel controls all the crime activity, violence in rio is due mostly to gang to gang war, or with the most corrupt police, called milicias

[@guilhermemaciel2632]

it's not hard at all to see men brandishing assault rifles out of rio. I'm from minas and I've seen them myself, just some months ago some traffickers from the biggest favela in the area here tried to invade another favela nearby, with rifles.

[@soundmind6477]

@@alejandrodominguez706 No most Brazilians don’t look like you, stop being dishonest!!

[@Nelvouser]

@@guilhermemaciel2632 quantas vezes vc ja viu o rifle na sua frente? dezenas dfeles?

[@bquade70]

Excellent story 👍👍

[@arturporto7185]

subtitle correction 12:02 - "Eu sou gringo, não falo português"

[@chemitch8474]

Vital info for the public in Europe and UK etc

[@JohnXina54]

I'm so glad I wasn't born in Brasil. Thank you God for that

[@_o__o_]

nah fam

[@duggs2012]

You probably think that all of Brazil is a rio de janeiro when it's not lmao. Brazil is the best country in Latin America, That's really racist on your part.

[@luizsousa9108]

Now show us Detroit or Baltimore drugs trade

[@erictremblay7576]

Brazil is crazy place, lots of poor people what you do ...sale drug,,the only way to survive,

[@stonedias3260]

Good to say a thing, this is a special situation happening in Rio state only. Other states like São Paulo have a established one-sided mafia, which is already penetrating deep in politics and "maintain order" in favelas and such. They're also expanding to another states and just do some off-the-book business with some Rio gangs. Rio is divided to a point where two different "bondes" (gangs) from the same faction battle for a favela.