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Rio de Janeiro: highest number of femicides in six years 

The Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro recorded 110 murders of women last year. This is evidenced by data...

Electoral Court of Rio de Janeiro convicts former Rio mayor Crivella

Marcelo Crivella, former mayor of Rio de Janeiro, was sentenced by the State Electoral...

Highway release on São Paulo’s northern coast should take two months

São Paulo State Secretary of Environment, Infrastructure and Logistics, Natália Resende, informed that the liberation of the Mogi-Bertioga road on the northern coast of...

Woman and 9-year-old girl killed, 20 injured in shooting at Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro state

A woman and a 9-year-old girl were killed by gunfire after a police officer and a suspected criminal shootout...

Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2023 officially kicks off

The mayor of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, handed over the key to the city...

City Hall of Rio grants seven public parks to the private sector

An agreement signed between the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) and...

Fire hits cargo terminal at Galeão Airport in Rio de Janeiro

A fire hit a cargo terminal at the International Airport of Rio de Janeiro on Ilha do Governador, North Zone of the city, in the early afternoon of Wednesday, 18. Authorities confirmed the information in Rio...

Rio de Janeiro reinforces policing in Copacabana, but does not record protests

This Wednesday, the 11th, policing was reinforced on the seafront of Copacabana, in Rio de Janeiro, after threats of new demonstrations against the Lula da Silva (PT) government, in the wake of the invasions and...

At least 1,000 people were victims of stray bullets in Rio de Janeiro in 6 years

At least 1,000 people were victims of stray bullets in Rio de Janeiro over the last six years, according to an unprecedented study released...

New Year’s Eve and vacations bring more tourists to hotels in Rio de Janeiro

The summer high season in Rio promises a 2023 recovery in Rio's hotel industry, one of the sectors most affected during the pandemic. Projections by the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Hotels Union (HotéisRio) point to the...

Rio de Janeiro’s City Council passes law banning fireworks

The Rio de Janeiro City Council approved in definitive form this Tuesday (Dec. 6) the project that prohibits the manufacture, commercialization, and use of fireworks in the city. The rule, which the mayor, Carlo Caiado, will...

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