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 in...
February 21, 2023Section
Life & Society
Why are more Colombians leaving the country now than in the 1999 financial crisis?
547,000 Colombians emigrated from the country last year, breaking historical records from the end of the 20th century and the...
February 20, 2023
Brazil: pedestrian bridge in Brazil collapses in the early hours of the morning; some people are missing
A pedestrian bridge, which is over the Mampituba River and connects the cities of Torres in Rio Grande do Sul...
February 20, 2023
Brazil’s ultra-violent gangs expand to French Guiana
Brazilian ultra-violent criminal gangs are rapidly expanding their activity in French Guiana, recruiting members among youths in slums and in...
February 20, 2023
Bolivians account for 43% of foreigners rescued from slave labor in Brazil
Humanitarian crises, such as the one that followed the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and economic ones, such as the ones...
February 20, 2023
São Paulo kicks off Brazil’s Carnival 2023 parades
São Paulo, South America's largest city, kicked off Brazil's Carnival 2023 on Friday night, with the traditional samba school parades
February 18, 2023
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 to...
February 18, 2023
Deaths in Brazil increased by 18%, and births fell in 2021, says IBGE
1.8 million deaths were recorded in the country, which is 273,000 more deaths than in the first year of the...
February 17, 2023
The number of Brazilian immigrants in Portugal asking for help to return to Brazil is increasing
The number of Brazilians in Portugal who have asked for help to return to Brazil in 2022 has almost quadrupled...
February 16, 2023