"I feel this journalist is trying to hurt the Uber brand more than reporting the facts"

  "Brazil has a very high crime rate."

  "If you consider the crime problem in Brazil, Uber is quite irrelevant on all of this."

The article is pretty clear about these points.

"It's undeniable that Brazil has a crime problem, regardless of Uber."

"The problem was that Uber started allowing cash payments without upgrading its weak registration system for passengers."

"Data showed a massive increase in the number of attacks against Uber drivers since the unveiling of cash payment"

The article also publishes Uber's counter-argument:

"The company says they can't be held accountable for incidents that could happen to any other driver, including non-Uber taxi drivers"

On the whole, it feels a fairly balanced article, discussing facts, and providing rational, articulated, reasoned perspective.