Group in Rio to Reduce Human Rights Violations Committed by Police
An interagency work group for the defense of citizens in Rio de Janeiro state was created last week to follow...
April 30, 2019Section
Local Politics
Local Political News for Rio de Janeiro City and State
Sister of Lava Jato Judge Nominated For Position in Rio State Government
The Chief of Staff’s office of Rio de Janeiro governor, Wilson Witzel, has nominated the sister of one of the...
April 21, 2019
Rio Issues Arrest Warrants For Men Linked to Collapse of Buildings
Rio police authorities have issued arrest warrants for three people linked to the collapse of two buildings earlier which caused...
April 20, 2019Brazil’s First “Favela Dictionary” Available Online
An online dictionary with jargon and dialect from favela communities in Rio de Janeiro, and written by its residents and...
April 15, 2019
Rio Officials Blame Militia For Irregular Constructions in Muzema
As more than 100 firefighters and civil defense agents race against time to find survivors trapped in rubble of two...
April 14, 2019
Small Airplane Falls on Belo Horizonte Street and Kills Pilot
A single-engine airplane crashed yesterday afternoon on a street in Belo Horizonte. According to the Military Fire Brigade of Minas...
April 14, 2019
Campus in Curitiba Receives Threats
The wave of attack threats on schools and educational institutions has reached the largest public university in Paraná, UFPR.
April 13, 2019
Opinion: We Know it Rains in Rio. Why Was the City so Unprepared?
News of this week’s torrential rains and flooding in Rio de Janeiro reached many international audiences under surreal-seeming headlines about...
April 12, 2019
Buildings Collapse in Rio Leaving Two Dead, Six Injured
Two buildings in the favela community of Muzema, in the western part of Rio de Janeiro city crumbled to the...
April 12, 2019