Niterói Landfill Runoff Threatens to Further Contaminate Guanabara Bay
On Wednesday afternoon, December 4th, the Baía Viva ("Live Baía") Movement lodged a petition with the Office of the Prosecutor...
December 5, 2019Section
Local Politics
Local Political News for Rio de Janeiro City and State
Meat Prices Will Not Revert to Previous Levels, Says Minister of Agriculture
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In an interview with Estado newspaper, Tereza Cristina said that the rise in exports to...
November 29, 2019
Trafficking and Militia Are Equivalents, Says Rio’s Civil Police Head
Traffickers and militiamen are equally criminals, without distinction, acting both in drug trafficking, cargo theft and auto theft. The statement...
November 27, 2019
Electoral Court Convicts Former Governor of Minas Gerais
The former governor of Minas Gerais, Fernando Pimentel, has been sentenced by the Electoral Court to ten years and six...
November 22, 2019
State Police Have Pulled 5,000 Guns off Rio’s Streets since January
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Rio de Janeiro State Police have pulled 451 rifles out of circulation since the...
November 19, 2019
Rio City Hall Announces Five Stages of Rainfall Monitoring
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The city will now have five stages in the scale of rainfall monitoring, instead of...
November 19, 2019
Four Years Old, ‘Open Paulista’ Positively Impacts São Paulo Visitors and Residents
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The mobilization of civil society organizations and the population led the City of São Paulo,...
November 18, 2019
Rio Government Lowers Aviation Fuel Tax to Attract Tourist Flights
The governor of Rio de Janeiro, Wilson Witzel, signed on Tuesday, November 12th, a decree reducing the rates of the...
November 15, 2019
Judge in Rio Allows Parkinson’s Patient to Plant Marijuana for Treatment
Judge Rosana Navega, of the 1st Criminal Court of Niterói in the State of Rio de Janeiro, granted an injunction...
November 15, 2019