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Rio de Janeiro is preparing to host two major sporting events in the coming years: the 2014 FIFA World Football Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. Local authorities are promoting these mega events as an opportunity to increase the global competitiveness of the city. But in order to attract private capital from the global economy it is not enough for Rio to showcase the city as capable of organizing and implementing these events. Rather, the authorities must also demonstrate that what has been considered one of the most dangerous cities in the world can now become a safe place for business. To do so, what has been promoted as a new model of ‘community policing’ the UPP (Pacifying Police Units) has been implemented since 2008 in 107 favelas. The majority of the favelas involved in the program are situated around the sites where these mega events will take place and around other wealthy areas of the city. This article analyses the relation between mega events, global competitiveness and the neutralization of local marginality. Rio de Janeiro se prepare a accueillir les plus grands evenement sportifs des prochaines annees: la coupe du monde de football en 2014 et les jeux olympiques en 2016. Les autorites locales valorisent ces evenements mondiaux comme autant d’opportunites pour augmenter la competitivite de la ville.  Cependant, il n’est pas suffisant pour attirer les capitaux prives de l’economie mondiale que Rio soit valorisee comme une ville capable d’organiser et de gerer ces evenements. Les autorites doivent aussi demontrer que, ce qui auparavant etait considere comme une des plus dangereuses villes du monde, peut maintenant devenir un endroit sur pour les entreprises. Dans ce but, l’ UPP (Pacifying Police Units) a ete mis en place en 2008 dans 107 favelas et est decrit comme le nouveau modele de la police communitarian. La plupart des favelas integrees dans le programme sont situees autour des lieux qui accueilleront les evenements et dans d’autres endroits confortables de la ville. Pour cette raisons, cette article analyse les relations entre les evenements mondiaux, la competitivite mondiale et la neutralisation de la marginalite locale.

The Pacification of the Favelas: Mega Events, Global Competitiveness, and the Neutralization of Marginality