Rio Residents Flood City Beaches on Saturday, Despite Ban
The permanence on Rio's beaches has not yet been authorized, but it did not seem that way on Saturday. With...
July 27, 2020Section
Security
News on Security from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Brazil Expects Conflict Escalations in South America, Adapts Military Strategy
Brazil's armed forces are preparing for armed conflicts in South America. According to the Ministry of Defense, the region is...
July 21, 2020
Brazil’s Federal Prisons Host Its Most Deadly Organized Drug Gang Members
Bonde dos Cachorros is not a funk group, Amigos do Estado is not an NGO that partners with the Government,...
July 21, 2020
Why Vietnam Has No Coronavirus Deaths – and Lessons for Brazil
Over five months after the first publicly reported cases of the novel coronavirus pandemic in China, a neighbour of the...
July 12, 2020
Bill Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence Passed by Brazil’s Lower Chamber
On Thursday, July 9th, the Chamber of Deputies passed a bill establishing exceptional measures to guarantee the removal of perpetrators...
July 12, 2020
UNIFESP Researchers Introduce Treatment That Could Cure HIV
The cure for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) may be closer than we think! The Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP)...
July 6, 2020
New Cyclone Could Hit Santa Catarina State Next Week
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A new cyclone (extratropical storm) is expected to strike Santa Catarina next Tuesday, July 7th....
July 4, 2020
Seven-year-old Boy Dies Shot Outside His Home in Rio de Janeiro Suburb
A child died after being shot outside his home in the Éden neighborhood of São João de Meriti, in Baixada...
July 2, 2020
Analysis: Police Violence Extends Across Brazil, Shielded by Impunity
June 2020 marked the explosion of worldwide antiracist protests after the death of African-American George Floyd, murdered by a police...
July 1, 2020