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Maria Izabel dos Santos Marques is the residents' association president of a slum in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, that was occupied by state police for nearly three months this year. Crime rates in the slum, like throughout the state, have fallen, while public safety problems remain grave in the rest of Brazil.
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Maria Izabel dos Santos Marques holds bags of milk donated by the state government for local residents. With intense police and social programs, crime rates in the slum and the rest of the state have fallen.
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The 20 million-person metropolis of greater Sao Paulo, Brazil. Homicide rates in the state of Sao Paulo have fallen by 70 percent since 1999.
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Sao Paulo state police Lt. Claudio Biagio listens to police radio chatter in the state's high-tech communications command center.
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Crime rates in a slum on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, have dropped since police occupied the region for nearly 90 days this year. In addition to stricter policing, the state and city governments built a school and community center, the yellow and black buildings on the hill.
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Alefe da Silva Oliveira, in black hat, and Marcos Antonio da Vitoria Santos fly a kite in a slum in Sao Paulo, Brazil, that was occupied by police for about 90 days this year.
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