Local Politics

Federal Intervention in Rio Completes 7 Months with Rises in Shootings and Deaths

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The well-publicized federal military intervention in Rio de Janeiro reaches...

September 18, 2018

Brazil’s National Museum Displays Exhibition Two Weeks After Fire

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Sunday, September 16th, two weeks after a massive fire...

September 17, 2018

Brazil Judge Cancels Rio-Maracanã Concession Agreement

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Wednesday, September 12th, Rio Justice Marcello Alvarenga Leite from...

September 13, 2018

Rio Must Improve Security Systems at Six Museums or Face Closure

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A judge in Rio has given six federally-run museums...

September 13, 2018

Brazil’s National Museum Staff Save Irreplaceable Items During Fire

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One day after the devastating inferno that consumed the National...

September 4, 2018

Rio’s 200-Year-Old National Museum Destroyed in Massive Fire

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a sad and shocking scene late Sunday (September 2nd),...

September 3, 2018

Sexual Misconduct Against Women Increases 55 Percent in Rio

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to a just-released study, between January and July of...

August 27, 2018

Angra dos Reis in Rio State Declares Public Security Emergency

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The mayor of Angra dos Reis, Fernando Jordão, declared a...

August 22, 2018

Military and Police Raids Leave at Least 13 Dead in Rio de Janeiro

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In one of the largest military operations since Brazil's armed...

August 21, 2018