In Rio Police Kill Five People a Day in the First Quarter of 2019
The Military and Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro killed 434 people from January to March of this year, according...
May 14, 2019Section
Security
News on Security from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Charges Filed Against Twelve Soldiers in Slaying of Musician and Bystander
Last month soldiers from the Army's 1st Motorized Infantry Battalion were advised that a white sedan was conducting robberies in...
May 14, 2019
Jiu-Jitsu Professor Killed Today in Unannounced Police Operation in Rio
By Henry Montalto RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Eyewitnesses reported an unannounced police operation in Complexo do Alemão in the...
May 14, 2019
Violence in Brazil is Significantly Reduced
Violence in Brazil is significantly reduced. The number of killings fell 24 percent to 10,324 in the first quarter, according...
May 13, 2019
Police Kills Two People in Rio’s Vidigal Favela, Says Witness
By Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A Rio Times Reporter says he was witnessing this Tuesday (13th) a...
May 13, 2019
Rio Failed R$3 Billion to Contain Rainfall Effects, Study Shows
A study says that over the past six years, the government of Rio de Janeiro has neglected to spend approximately...
May 13, 2019
Morning Shots With Witzel and Coffee With Bandits
Column by Henry Montalto RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Six AM in the morning, the house is shaking so violently...
May 11, 2019
Judge Rosa Weber Says Bolsonaro has Five Days to Clarify gun Decree
Brazilian supreme court judge Rosa Weber, appointed by Dilma Rousseff, said Friday that President Jair Bolsonaro and his Justice Ministry...
May 11, 2019
In Rio, Politics is a Dangerous Game
io's Civil Police arrested the President of the Municipal Chamber of Nilopolis Thursday on charges that he attempted to have...
May 10, 2019