Pacification involves a military and police occupation of targeted communities, to control drug cartel- related violence. Complexo do Alemão is a cluster of fifteen favelas, transforming through pacification and tourism at a rapid pace, both materially and discursively.

What does pacification mean?

1a : the act or process of pacifying : the state of being pacified. b : the act of forcibly suppressing or eliminating a population considered to be hostile. 2 : a treaty of peace.

What does pacification by force mean?

to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man. to appease: to pacify one's appetite. to reduce to a state of submission, especially by military force; subdue.