Research Shows Increase in Violence Against Transgender People in Brazil
In the first half of this year, 89 transgender people were murdered in Brazil, 39 percent more than the same...
June 29, 2020Section
Security
News on Security from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Queiroz’s Detention Expedites Deterioration of Flávio Bolsonaro’s Status
The arrest of retired state police officer Fabrício Queiroz renders an indictment against Senator Flávio Bolsonaro imminent. As a result,...
June 22, 2020
Black Teenager Found Dead After Being Kidnapped; Family Suspects State Police Officers
The death of 15-year-old Guilherme Silva Guedes infuriated the population in Vila Clara, in the southern part of the city...
June 17, 2020
First Covid-19 Drug That Could Save Lives Discovered
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Six months after the outbreak of the worst pandemic in the 21st century, which has...
June 17, 2020
Rio de Janeiro: Clash in Rocinha Favela Leaves One Dead and Three Wounded
One man was killed and three were injured, among them a State Police (PM) officer, during a clash yesterday morning...
June 15, 2020
Police Violence Excluded from Report on Rights Violations in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Federal Government has excluded from its annual human rights report, Disque Direitos Humanos (Dial...
June 13, 2020
Residents in Brazil Banned from Entering Europe While Pandemic Is Uncontrolled
European countries will ban entry to nationals from countries where the coronavirus pandemic is not controlled upon opening of their...
June 12, 2020
Man Breaks Into Globo Headquarters, Takes Reporter Hostage, Then Surrenders
Scare in Globo TV newsroom in Rio. On Wednesday afternoon, June 10th, a man armed with a knife broke into...
June 11, 2020
Brazil Slumps Ten Positions in Global Peace Ranking
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Between 2019 and 2020, Brazil plunged ten positions in a ranking that measures the "peace...
June 10, 2020