Things seem to be heating up in Brazil.

Two stories via Forcas Terrerestres...

The First...

The Navy of Brazil participates, Sunday, Operation conducted by the Security Bureau of the Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro (RJ-SESEG) in Complex Lins in order to contribute to the continuity of the program implementation of the Police Units Pacification (UPP).
Through the Fleet Marine Force, Brazil's Navy will provide logistic support to transport Special Operations Battalions (BOPE) and Shock (BPChq) of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro (PMERJ), and the Coordination of Resources Special (CORE), the Civil Police of the state of Rio de Janeiro (PCERJ).
A Grouping Operating Marines, with 180 effective military will act in Operation. These military will operate 14 armored vehicles to ensure the mobility of the Police Forces in the following communities Complex Lins: Possum, Hill of Love, Cachoeirinha Waterfall Grande, Morro da Cotia, Black Clay, Red Clay and Hill Meeting.
Will be used six armored tracked vehicles M-113 four Caterpillar Amphibian Cars (CLAnf) and four cars Mowag Piranha personnel carriers.
The Commander GptOpFuzNav-VIII is Captain Rio-de-Fragata (Marines) JOSEPH WILLIAMVIEGAS .

Brazil's Fleet Marine Forces helping out their para-military police groups when they operate in the ghettos is nothing new.  It appears (and I'm not entirely sure) that they're sending a more substantial bit of armor this go around.

The second...

The 11th RC Mec, keeping his troops constantly adestrada held, on 02 October, a navigation instruction with armored EE 11 - urutu. The activity was held at Lake Hydroelectric Plant St. John II, here in Ponta Pora / MS.
A armored personnel carrier urutu, domestic manufacturing, is an amphibious vehicle, ie it is able to navigate. The instruction to all drivers of the 11th armored RC Mec, aimed to remind the preparation procedures of car navigation as well as maintaining the training of the troops.

 A couple of reasons why this caught my attention.  First, the Brazilian Army is serious about water ops.  Its something that the US Army will probably get more into once the turn to the Pacific fully takes hold.  The second thing is that the EE11's although not a modern design seem serviceable.  Additionally its curious that they sought out the assistance of Iveco instead of doing an in house improvement. Don't get me wrong.  They have a winner in production now, but Brazil was once on the leading edge of domestic armored vehicle production.