Rio Seethes With Anger After Ágatha’s Senseless Death. Will its Governor Feel the Heat?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Column) As I write, just a day after the death of eight-year-old Ágatha Félix, the...
September 23, 2019Section
Columns
Opinion: Whose Amazon is it Anyway? A Demurrer
RIBEIRÃO PRETO, SP, BRAZIL - In a thoughtful article published in The Rio Times Monday, August 19th, Peter Rosenwald gave...
August 23, 2019
Brazil Drug Trafficker Attempts Prison Escape Dressed as Woman
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One of the visitors leaving Rio's Gabriel Ferreira Castilho Prison Complex was not quite like...
August 5, 2019
Brazilian Drug Kingpins Flaunt Power Through Jewelry
Throughout Brazil, authorities are seizing significant quantities of gold and diamonds in the forms of ostentatious jewelry worn by high...
July 15, 2019
Brazil’s Bolsonaro: “How’s He Doing after Six Months in Office?”
Column, by Michael Royster RIBEIRÃO PRETO, Brazil – This coming Monday, July 1st, will mark the beginning of the second...
June 30, 2019
Politicians Aim to Weaken Brazil’s Proposed Anti-Crime Legislation
A package of anti-crime laws proposed by the Jair Bolsonaro government is facing significant changes by Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies.
June 24, 2019
Brazilian Legislator’s Children Admit Killing Her Husband
By C.H. Gardiner RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the most recent twist in the death of the pastor husband...
June 21, 2019
Brazil’s Decreased Homicide Rate vs. Increase in Police Killings
Column by Henry Montalto, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Seemingly confirming one of Bolsonaro's presidential campaign promises, Brazil...
June 20, 2019
‘Eu Abraço o Rio’: Activists Want to Prove That Citizens can Restore the Marvelous City
Rio's entrepreneur Luiza Figueira de Mello, 42, has ambitious plans for the city she loves: to replant trees and restore...
June 15, 2019