Brazil

Brazil’s Indigenous March in Brasilia for Rights and Land

The indigenous will be camping to pressure authorities to enforce their constitutional rights and call attention to land demarcation, health...

April 24, 2018

Rio’s ‘Presente’ Security Operation Announces Over 12,000 Arrests

Earlier this week the state government of Rio announced that its ongoing ‘Operação Segurança Presente’ (Operation Security Today) program is...

April 24, 2018

Brazil’s Samarco Gets Extension to Settle Dam Spill Damages

Courts gave Samarco, Vale and BHP until end of June to reach agreement on R$155 billion lawsuit for 2015 dam...

April 23, 2018

British Rapper Kenny Vulcan Missing in Rio Since April 13th

British rapper, Kenny Vulcan, who had been in Rio since December, has gone missing since leaving a recording studio in...

April 23, 2018

EU Bans 35 Percent of Brazil’s Chicken Meat Exports

Brazil's government announced it will complain to the WTO the ban that affects twenty production plants throughout the country.

April 20, 2018

Work Stops on the VLT Line 3 Extension in Rio’s Centro

Work on the Line 3 extension to the VLT in Centro appears to have come to a stop, leaving an...

April 20, 2018

Where to Celebrate Saint George’s Day in Rio de Janeiro

Officially honored on April 23rd, "São Jorge" will be revered this year with feijoadas, sambas, catholic processions and Afro-Brazilian dances...

April 20, 2018

Brazilian Officials Oppose Venezuela Border Closing Request

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s General Attorney’s office (PGR) released a document on...

April 19, 2018

First Month of Military Takeover, Rio Robberies Rise to Record Levels

This past March, car theft, cargo theft, pedestrian robberies, and cell phone theft in Rio de Janeiro rose to record...

April 19, 2018