Janar Wasito

Success of Rio, Brazil, Pacification Police is a story business journals need to cover more

I am re-posting an article from The Economist in Summer 2010 now because Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has come a long way from when the UPP were deployed in the slums, but this story needs to be told. In America, there was a similar story of how the US Marine Corps and US Military deployedContinue reading “Success of Rio, Brazil, Pacification Police is a story business journals need to cover more”

Pictures of Maracana reopening June 2013

A Better Solution to the Van Incident in Copa ahead of 2014, 2016 events

The recent van, and to a lesser extent, bus incidents have attracted attention: http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/passageiros-afirmam-que-onibus-que-caiu-de-viaduto-estava-em-alta-velocidade-8007057 http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/presos-por-estupro-sao-suspeitos-de-fazer-outra-vitima-segundo-policia-7990746 The reaction seems overdone, like making all travelers take off shoes after the shoe bomber attempt in the US: http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/zona-sul-tera-24-pontos-de-bloqueio-para-coibir-vans-na-segunda-feira-8103322 I think that there may be a better way, which would impress the world community ahead of the 2014 andContinue reading “A Better Solution to the Van Incident in Copa ahead of 2014, 2016 events”

Rio Security: Call it Operation Iraq?

Some private equity investors at Stanford would like me and another Stanford graduate to help them with security issues in Brazil. Like many people around the world, their views of Brazil are influenced by films like Tropa de Elite 2. In Tropa de Elite 2, when the invasion of the Tanque favela fails to findContinue reading “Rio Security: Call it Operation Iraq?”

Politics in Brazil Early kick-off: Is Dilma the same as Lula?

Politics in Brazil Early kick-off From The Economist The 2014 presidential campaign gets under way Feb 23rd 2013 | SÃO PAULO |From the print edition A CAMPAIGN that officially lasts just three months should mean that Brazil’s next presidential election, due in October 2014, feels far away. In fact it seems almost imminent. On February 16th MarinaContinue reading “Politics in Brazil Early kick-off: Is Dilma the same as Lula?”