Business - Brazil Rio’s Witzel Wants to Attract International Investors to State By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – International investors are still weary of investing in projects... December 4, 2018
Politics - Brazil Brazil’s New Justice Minister Urges Congress to Approve Anti-Terror Law News in English For Rio de Janeiro and Brazil December 3, 2018
Latin America Mercosur-EU Accord Threatened by Brazil’s New Environment Stance Mercosur-EU Accord Threatened by Brazil's New Environment Stance. EU Mercosur deforestation rules coverage and expert analysis from The Rio Times. November 30, 2018
Local Politics Rio de Janeiro’s Governor Pezão Arrested for Corruption The governor of Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Fernando Pezão, was arrested early Thursday morning in the official governor’s residence, Laranjeiras... November 29, 2018
Politics - Brazil Brazil Withdraws Candidacy to Host UN’s COP-25 in 2019 By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Less than fifteen days after announcing that it wanted... November 28, 2018
Politics - Brazil Temer Approves Pay Raises for Supreme Court Justices in Brazil President Michel Temer sanctioned on Monday (November 26th) the polemic wage increase of Brazil’s Supreme Court Justices as well as... November 27, 2018
Politics - Brazil Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Region Increases by 13.7 Percent Deforestation in the Amazon increased by 13.7 percent between August 2017 and July of 2018, the highest increase in deforestation... November 26, 2018
Politics - Brazil Brazil’s Bolsonaro Chooses Rodríguez as Education Minister By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President-elect of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, announced on Thursday (November... November 23, 2018
Local Politics Army General Says No Need to Extend Military Intervention in Rio de Janeiro By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The army general in charge of Rio de Janeiro’s... November 22, 2018