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Amazonas Calls for Federal Aid After Manaus Prison Massacre
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The government of Amazonas called for the federal government's help to combat drug trafficking and...
Rio Nightlife Guide for Saturday, July 16, 2016
Saturday’s Rio Nightlife Pick – It's time again for the best of big beat, baile funk, dancehall, rap, trap, gangsta rave, baixada vogue,...
Murder Rate Up Nearly 8 Percent in Brazil
By Maria Lopez Conde, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - The latest figures released last week show that the number of homicides in...
SP Governor Fights Prison Crime Cell
By Maria Lopez Conde, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - The governor of São Paulo Geraldo Alckmin underlined his intention to create a task...
Carandiru Trial Highlights Prison Crowding
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Over twenty years after the infamous massacre in São Paulo's Carandiru prison, in which a police...
Wave of Violence Sweeps Santa Catarina
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – Seven violent attacks were reported in the southern Brazil state of Santa Catarina on Monday night,...
Police in Spotlight After São Paulo Violence
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – At least fourteen São Paulo police officers have been detained since Saturday on suspicion of killing...
Prison System in Brazil Criticized: Daily
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - The Minister of Justice in Brazil, José Eduardo Cardozo, reportedly told businessmen in São Paulo that...
Death Toll Rises in São Paulo Crime Wave
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – In the bloodiest weekend yet of the violent crime wave gripping São Paulo, 31 people lost...
The Favela Policy in São Paulo
By Anna Fitzpatrick, Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – With the eyes of the world on Rocinha for the past week, many in Brazil are...
Prison Overcrowding Continues
By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian government is currently considering a range of options aimed at the slowing rapid...
Empty Oscar Year for Brazil Films
By Maíra Amorim, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – For the fifth year running Brazil was not represented at an Oscar ceremony, and the...
Brazil Picks Oscar Candidate
By Sub Editor, Lindsay Spratt
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian Ministry of Culture announced its candidate to represent Brazil in the 2010 Academy Awards...