State of Rio to Receive 250,000 Yellow Fever Vaccines
Municipalities of the North and Northwest of Rio state will receive 250,000 vaccination doses of the yellow fever vaccine as...
January 19, 2017Section
Local Politics
Local Political News for Rio de Janeiro City and State
Rio Joins Women’s March on Washington on January 21st
Organisers based in Rio have planned a Women’s March on Washington, taking place simultaneously with marches in the U.S. in...
January 19, 2017
Rio Police Launch New Beach Security Effort Last Weekend
After a rash of robbery and crime in Rio's beach neighborhoods of Zona Sul (South Zone) including Copacabana and Ipanema,...
January 18, 2017
Police and Prison Guards on Strike in Rio de Janeiro Over Non-Pay
With the recent increase in violence the 72-hour walkout by police officers and week long strike by prison guards are...
January 17, 2017
UPP Promotes Free Holiday Camps in Rio’s Favela Communities
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Pacifying Police Units (UPPs) of Rocinha, Fé/Sereno, Providência and...
January 11, 2017
Rio State Announces New Police Unit to Fight Arms Trafficking
According to official data between January 2016 and the first week of 2017 the Pacifying Police Units (UPPs) seized 256...
January 10, 2017
Twenty Hikers Robbed in Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca Forest
A group of about twenty tourists were assaulted while hiking along a trail in the forest of Tijuca National Park...
January 9, 2017
Lack of Police Presence on Rio’s Beaches Causes Concern
An increase in petty crime and robberies along the beaches, and a lack of police presence, is raising concerns among...
January 6, 2017
Health Secretary Warns Chikungunya Could Infect Half of Rio
New health secretary Carlos Eduardo says this summer half of the city’s residents may be infected with the disease transmitted...
January 4, 2017