Editing Rocinha (section)

==Community==
[[File:rocinha rio de janeiro panorama 2010.jpg|thumb|View of Rocinha as viewed from within]]
[[File:1 rocinha night 2014 panorama.jpg|thumb|View of Rocinha during night]]

There are a number of community organizations at work in Rocinha, including neighbourhood associations and numerous [[NGO]]s and non-profit educational and cultural institutions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Favela Community NGOs Fill the Gaps in Rio's Educational System|url=http://www.rioonwatch.org/?p=32232|website=RioOnWatch|access-date=4 November 2017|date=17 November 2016|archive-date=20 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920045348/http://www.rioonwatch.org/?p=32232|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rocinha / Organizações|url=http://www.riomaissocial.org/territorios/rocinha-2/?secao=organizacoes|website=www.riomaissocial.org|access-date=4 November 2017|language=pt-BR|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012253/http://www.riomaissocial.org/territorios/rocinha-2/?secao=organizacoes|url-status=live}}</ref> Rocinha is home to most of the service workers in Zona Sul (the South Zone of Rio){{citation needed|date=November 2017}}.

In recent years, due to its relative safety in comparison to other favelas, Rocinha has developed tourism-oriented activities such as hostels, nightclubs and guided tours. In September 2017, between 150 and 601 tourists were estimated to visit the slum per day, despite foreign governments' and the Rio police's safety warnings recommending against it. In October 2017, a Spanish tourist died after being shot by the police while visiting Rocinha during a turf war.<ref name="wsj-spanish-tourist">{{cite news|last1=Kiernan|first1=Paul|title=Rio Police Killing of Spaniard Spotlights Perils of Slum Tourism|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/rio-police-killing-of-spaniard-spotlights-perils-of-slum-tourism-1509200803|access-date=4 November 2017|work=Wall Street Journal|date=28 October 2017|archive-date=3 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103234338/https://www.wsj.com/articles/rio-police-killing-of-spaniard-spotlights-perils-of-slum-tourism-1509200803|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the years of 2014 to 2017, The slum was controlled by [[Amigos dos Amigos]],<ref name="veconomist" /> although it is often caught in violent disputes among (and within) different criminal organizations.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Glenny|first1=Misha|title=One of Rio de Janeiro's Safest Favelas Descends Into Violence, the Latest Sign of a City in Chaos|url=https://theintercept.com/2017/09/25/rocinha-favela-rio-de-janeiro-violence/|website=The Intercept|access-date=4 November 2017|date=25 September 2017|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012737/https://theintercept.com/2017/09/25/rocinha-favela-rio-de-janeiro-violence/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="wsj-spanish-tourist" />

===Police and military operations===
In November 2011, a security operation was undertaken where hundreds of police and military patrolled the streets of Rocinha to crack down on rampant drug dealers and bring government control to the neighbourhood.<ref name="takeover">{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-15710719 | title=Brazil police target drug gangs in Rio's biggest slum | publisher=BBC News | date=13 November 2011 | access-date=13 November 2011 | archive-date=13 November 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113091637/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-15710719 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2017, drug kingpin Rogério da Silva, known as Rogério 157, was arrested in Rocinha, in an operation involving 3,000 members of the Brazilian military and police forces. Rogério was wanted on charges of homicide, extortion, and drug trafficking.<ref>Dom Phillips, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/06/most-wanted-trafficker-brazil-rogerio-da-silva-in-rio-arrested-3000-strong-operation Rio police hail arrest of drug kingpin in 3,000-strong favela operation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329104011/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/06/most-wanted-trafficker-brazil-rogerio-da-silva-in-rio-arrested-3000-strong-operation |date=2018-03-29 }}, ''The Guardian'' (December 6, 2017).</ref><ref>Dom Phillips & Júlio Carvalho, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/10/brazil-rio-favela-rogerio-da-silva-drugs Arrest of Rio drug kingpin brings fear of power grab – and further violence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180329121328/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/10/brazil-rio-favela-rogerio-da-silva-drugs |date=2018-03-29 }}, ''The Guardian'' (December 10, 2017).</ref>

Rocinha, one of the most developed.<ref>{{cite book |title=Brazil |last1=St. Louis |first1=Regis |first2=Andrew |last2=Draffen |year=2005 |publisher=[[Lonely Planet]] |isbn=978-1-74104-021-0 |page=139 |edition=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9-8aIGD--cAC&pg=PA139 |access-date=2016-10-16 |archive-date=2014-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628161325/http://books.google.com/books?id=9-8aIGD--cAC&pg=PA139 |url-status=live }}</ref> Rocinha's population was estimated at between 150,000 and 300,000 inhabitants during the 2000s;<ref>{{cite book|title=Fodor's Brazil|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781400019663|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781400019663/page/47 47]|publisher=Random House|year=2008| isbn=9781400019663 }}</ref> but the [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]] Census of 2010 counted only 69,161 people.<ref name="UOL.com">{{cite news | url=http://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2011/12/21/mais-de-11-milhoes-vivem-em-favelas-no-brasil-diz-ibge-maioria-esta-na-regiao-sudeste.htm | title=Mais de 11 milhões vivem em favelas no Brasil, diz IBGE; maioria está na região Sudeste | work=UOL Notícias | date=21 December 2011 | access-date=25 November 2014 | author=Garcia, Janaina | language=pt | archive-date=11 November 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111022500/http://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2011/12/21/mais-de-11-milhoes-vivem-em-favelas-no-brasil-diz-ibge-maioria-esta-na-regiao-sudeste.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, ''[[The Economist]]'' reported a population of 100,000 in an area of 1&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (250 acres).<ref name="veconomist" >{{cite news|title=Rio's post-Olympic blues|url=https://www.economist.com/news/americas/21730054-feuding-gangs-and-empty-coffers-are-pushing-up-murder-rate-rios-post-olympic-blues|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=5 October 2017|access-date=6 October 2017|archive-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006092847/https://www.economist.com/news/americas/21730054-feuding-gangs-and-empty-coffers-are-pushing-up-murder-rate-rios-post-olympic-blues|url-status=live}}</ref>