comando vermelho

English translation: Red Command

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Portuguese term or phrase:comando vermelho
English translation:Red Command
Entered by: Lilian Magalhães

17:20 Jul 27, 2006
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / criminology
Portuguese term or phrase: comando vermelho
instituição criminosa - crime organizado
Lilian Magalhães
Brazil
Local time: 17:34
red command
Explanation:
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Brazil -

Primeiro Comando da Capital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe PCC was led by "Geleião" and "Cesinha", responsible for the alliance with another criminal organization, Rio de Janeiro's Comando Vermelho. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primeiro_Comando_da_Capital - 25k - Cached - Similar pages


Comando Vermelho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaComando Vermelho (Red Command) is a criminal organization founded in 1969 in one ... The Comando Vermelho still control parts of the city and seeing streets ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comando_Vermelho - 12k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from en.wikipedia.org ]


World Prout Assembly: Brazil: The social contradictions underlying ...In this sense, it is worth recalling the origins of the Comando Vermelho. ... Like the Comando Vermelho, the PCC has an ample social base in the prisons and ...
www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2006/05/brazil_the_soci... - 72k - Cached - Similar pages



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Capitalize it : Red Command

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swimming against the red tide: Brazil is over!The rotten corpse of Brazil´s society is smelling bad but nobody knows what was ... of organization like "Comando Vermelho" ("Red Command") and the "PCC". ...
againstred.blogspot.com/2006/05/brazil-is-over.html - 37k - Cached - Similar pages


swimming against the red tide: Gangsters with (Leftist) Terror ...Gangsters with (Leftist) Terror ties: ETA & MST has helped brazilian criminal ... to help their bandit "comrades" (PCC and Comando Vermelho - Red Command). ...
againstred.blogspot.com/2006/05/gangsters-with-leftist-terror-ties-eta.html - 28k - Cached - Similar pages


FiftyCrows - Social Change PhotographyRocinha is the main stronghold where many members of the Comando Vermelho - Red Command - the largest criminal organization in Brazil - live and are adored. ...
www.fiftycrows.org/photoessay/ - 34k - Cached - Similar pages


BBC NEWS | Americas | Brazil's mighty prison gangs
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Elizabeth Lyons
United States
Local time: 13:34
Grading comment
thanks a lot
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5 +4red command
Elizabeth Lyons


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
red command


Explanation:
Links to follow...

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Note added at 7 mins (2006-07-27 17:27:38 GMT)
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Brazil -

Primeiro Comando da Capital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe PCC was led by "Geleião" and "Cesinha", responsible for the alliance with another criminal organization, Rio de Janeiro's Comando Vermelho. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primeiro_Comando_da_Capital - 25k - Cached - Similar pages


Comando Vermelho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaComando Vermelho (Red Command) is a criminal organization founded in 1969 in one ... The Comando Vermelho still control parts of the city and seeing streets ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comando_Vermelho - 12k - Cached - Similar pages
[ More results from en.wikipedia.org ]


World Prout Assembly: Brazil: The social contradictions underlying ...In this sense, it is worth recalling the origins of the Comando Vermelho. ... Like the Comando Vermelho, the PCC has an ample social base in the prisons and ...
www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2006/05/brazil_the_soci... - 72k - Cached - Similar pages



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Note added at 7 mins (2006-07-27 17:28:07 GMT)
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Capitalize it : Red Command

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Note added at 9 mins (2006-07-27 17:29:32 GMT)
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swimming against the red tide: Brazil is over!The rotten corpse of Brazil´s society is smelling bad but nobody knows what was ... of organization like "Comando Vermelho" ("Red Command") and the "PCC". ...
againstred.blogspot.com/2006/05/brazil-is-over.html - 37k - Cached - Similar pages


swimming against the red tide: Gangsters with (Leftist) Terror ...Gangsters with (Leftist) Terror ties: ETA & MST has helped brazilian criminal ... to help their bandit "comrades" (PCC and Comando Vermelho - Red Command). ...
againstred.blogspot.com/2006/05/gangsters-with-leftist-terror-ties-eta.html - 28k - Cached - Similar pages


FiftyCrows - Social Change PhotographyRocinha is the main stronghold where many members of the Comando Vermelho - Red Command - the largest criminal organization in Brazil - live and are adored. ...
www.fiftycrows.org/photoessay/ - 34k - Cached - Similar pages


BBC NEWS | Americas | Brazil's mighty prison gangs


Elizabeth Lyons
United States
Local time: 13:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks a lot

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Neil Stewart: Red Command
7 mins
  -> Thanks, Neil : )

agree  Yaotl Altan: Yes, they are famous
28 mins
  -> Thanks, Yaotl : )

agree  marina hennies
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Marina!

agree  Alexandre Marcondes (X)
10 hrs
  -> Alexandre, thank you! : )
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