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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 reinforces policing in Copacabana, but does not record protests

This Wednesday, the 11th, policing was reinforced on the seafront of Copacabana, in Rio...

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...

Five men die in confrontation with Military Police in Rio de Janeiro favela

Five men died yesterday (Dec. 1) in a confrontation with military police in Thomaz Coelho, in the north zone...

Residents of Campinho in Rio’s North Zone are facing...

Residents of Campinho in Rio's Zona Norte once again registered fierce gun battles in the area, the target of...

Brazil: Civil Police used drone to arrest drug dealer in downtown Rio

Images captured by a drone helped the Civil Police to locate drug dealers in...

Brazil: Older man falls from bike and dies run over by a bus in Leblon, Rio

A 63-year-old man was run over on Monday morning, September 19, in Leblon, in Rio de Janeiro's South Zone. According to the Fire Department, the older man died on the spot. According to witnesses, he was...

Rio’s LGBTI+ parade prepares to return to Copacabana in November with giant rainbow flag

After financial difficulties and a two-year pandemic, the LGBTI+ Parade at Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro will once again grace the shores this November 27, the Rainbow Group of LGBTI+ Citizenship, organizer of the event,...

Brazil: Baby born on Rio’s Yellow Line, on its way to the hospital

A baby was born on Saturday, September 10, on Rio's Yellow Line. In labor and on the way to the hospital, the child's mother was...

Rio de Janeiro announces transition from rapid bus transit to light rail

By David Burroughs The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, has announced a 15-year plan to replace the city's Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system with a 251km light rail network. The city's current network, inaugurated for...

Brazil: anesthesiologist raped woman giving birth

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - International media reported an inexplicable crime in a hospital in Brazil, where an anesthesiologist was arrested after discovering that he raped a sedated woman who was giving birth by cesarean...

Australian Senator Gerard Rennick: "There has been a lot of misleading advertising in regards to the safe and effective claim….the risks have never been clearly outlined"