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Federal Police Arrest ‘Coyote’ Forging Illegal Immigration Documents

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Saturday, September 5th, the Federal Police launched Operation Chacal against a criminal organization responsible for the forgery of...

Agri Column: Foreign Investors Increasingly Interested in Brazilian Agritech Startups (Week 31/2020)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One of the main innovation and technology events of the agritech startups, the World Agritech South America Summit, held last week, provided good results for Brazil. The event placed...
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After Secretary of Culture’s Spectacular Meltdown, a New Twist in Brazil’s Culture Wars

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Column) It was a spectacularly absurd act of self-sabotage. The Special Secretary of Culture, Roberto Alvim, issued an official...

Bolsonaro’s Bizarre Agency Appointments Ignite Brazil’s Culture Wars

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Directorships of public agencies have long been treated as...

Instead of Favelas, Luxury Condos Could Soon Stand on...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Most people don’t have much cause to think about urban planning – until it...

Brazil’s Lottery Obsession: What are the Odds?

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilians love to play the numbers. Whether it is the traditional (yet illegal) Jogo de Bicho, operating on city...

Rio Seethes With Anger After Ágatha’s Senseless Death. Will its Governor Feel the Heat?

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Column) As I write, just a day after the death of eight-year-old Ágatha Félix,...

Opinion: Whose Amazon is it Anyway? A Demurrer

RIBEIRÃO PRETO, SP, BRAZIL - In a thoughtful article published in The Rio Times Monday, August 19th, Peter Rosenwald...

Brazil Drug Trafficker Attempts Prison Escape Dressed as Woman

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One of the visitors leaving Rio's Gabriel Ferreira Castilho...

Brazilian Drug Kingpins Flaunt Power Through Jewelry

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Throughout Brazil, authorities are seizing significant quantities of gold and...

Brazil’s Bolsonaro: “How’s He Doing after Six Months in Office?”

Column, by Michael Royster RIBEIRÃO PRETO, Brazil – This coming Monday, July 1st, will mark the beginning of the second...