The UPP Police Pacifying Unit seems to be running into its share of problems and then some.
I recall this one from last year:
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/201...ype=blogs&_r=0
One of the UPP poster children was embarrassingly indicted for torture as she was speaking in the US at a Google Ideas Summit.
In some ways not unexpected, but still disappointing to see.
The Brazilian favela/UPP laboratory, if not an effective solution, certainly looks like an environment worth watching closely as it looks like one of the best opportunities to test and adjust a future focused fight in the megaslums.