Brazil Listed as Destination to Avoid for LGBT Tourists
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A famous online tour guide for the LGBT community has singled out Brazil as a...
August 30, 2019
Latest Brazilian High Profile Suicide Attempt: Man Sets Bus on Fire, Stabs Himself
A Rio de Janeiro man stabbed himself Thursday after attempting to set fire to a bus in the famous Copacabana...
August 23, 2019
Operation Targeting Favela Baile Funk Party Leaves Three Dead in Rio
Police worked throughout Friday night and into the early hours of Saturday in Rio’s Cidade de Deus (City of God)...
August 19, 2019
Rio Police Accused of Corruption After Photos of Drug Traffickers in Armored Vehicle
Nine police from Rio de Janeiro have been charged with providing support to drug traffickers following the discovery of photos...
August 16, 2019
Brazil Drug Gang Attacks Police Station in Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Just north of Rio de Janeiro's famous Maracanã stadium, criminals launched an attack onto a...
August 15, 2019
Street Theft in Rio de Janeiro Increases by up to 79 Percent over Last Year
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to data from Rio’s Institute of Public Security (ISP), 15 of the state’s 39...
August 12, 2019
Brazil to Furlough Thousands of Prisoners for Father’s Day
RIO DE JANEIRIO, BRAZIL - Brazil celebrates Father's Day this Sunday, and 170,000 prisoners could potentially be granted a temporary...
August 9, 2019
Brazil Drug Trafficker Attempts Prison Escape Dressed as Woman
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One of the visitors leaving Rio's Gabriel Ferreira Castilho Prison Complex was not quite like...
August 5, 2019
Brazil Natives say Illegal Miners Murdered Leader, Invaded Land
Native Brazilians accused a gang of gold prospectors and miners of invading their land and murdering a tribal leader in...
July 29, 2019