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Politics - Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro offers US$1,000 bounty for each confiscated gun to curb criminal firepower

The Rio de Janeiro administration has initiated a R$5,000 (US$1,000) reward for each rifle seized by law enforcement officers,...

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...

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...

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...

Brazil: Rio de Janeiro authorizes payment of the 2023...

On Tuesday, October 11, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes (PSD-RJ), signed a decree allowing the Property...

Brazil: Corruption investigations in Rio state’s administration guide governor elections debate

The fourth debate for the government of Rio de Janeiro was marked by an...

Brazil: Thiago Pampolha is new vice-governor candidate on Claudio Castro’s ticket in Rio

Five days after the Regional Electoral Court of Rio de Janeiro (TRE-RJ) rejected the registration of the candidacy of Washington Reis (MDB) as vice-governor, the slate of Claudio Castro (Liberal Party - PL) defined the...

Rio court unanimously rejects the filing of Wilson Witzel’s candidacy for state government

The State Electoral Tribunal decided Thursday (8) to reject the candidacy of Wilson Witzel, former governor and candidate for governor of Rio, in the 2022 elections. Witzel can still appeal the decision to the Supreme Electoral...

Brazil elections 2022: The Rio state governor candidates

Seven names have put themselves forward as candidates for the government of Rio de Janeiro in the 2022 elections, according to data from the...

Murdered politician Marielle Franco receives statue in downtown Rio de Janeiro

The tribute comes on the day the councilwoman, who died in 2018, would have turned 43. The monument stands where she met with her constituents to report on her mandate. A life-size statue of Councilwoman Marielle...

Brazil: Former Rio de Janeiro state governor regains political rights

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - An injunction signed by the president of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), Judge Humberto Martins, restored the political rights of the former governor of Rio de Janeiro state, Anthony...

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"