Mercosur to Sign Agreement on Shared Consulates Around the World
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Mercosur countries -- Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay -- are expected to sign a...
July 12, 2019Section
Security
News on Security from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Forty Lawyers Meet With Glenn Greenwald in Rio de Janeiro
On Monday, July 8th, a group of 40 lawyers met with journalist Glenn Greenwald, from The Intercept Brasil website, to...
July 10, 2019
Brazil’s Federal Police Arrest Longtime Fugitive Member of Leading Italian Crime Ring
The Federal Police (PF) executed yesterday morning, July 8th, arrest warrants against two Italians, father and son, suspected of being...
July 9, 2019Steel Cable in Amusement Park Tears and Causes Injuries in Suburb of Rio de Janeiro
The Civil Police will perform a forensic examination at the Play Kid amusement park, in Praça dos Três Poderes, São...
July 9, 2019
Seven out of Ten São Paulo Residents are Against Carrying Weapons
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The public's repudiation of guns occurs despite the realization -- shared by 76 percent of...
July 6, 2019
Itaboraí: The Brazilian City Controlled by Militias
Just 40 km from Rio de Janeiro, the city of Itaboraí has been taken over by a dangerous militia that...
July 5, 2019
Brazil is Fourth Most Dangerous Country for Journalists, Mexico Ranks First
Mexico and Afghanistan, the countries where more journalists were murdered in 2018, remained the most dangerous places for the exercise...
July 5, 2019
App Driver is Convicted of Rape and Robbery of a Passenger in Ceará
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Former App driver Patrick Carneiro do Nascimento was sentenced to fourteen years and four months...
July 5, 2019
Rio Police Arrest over Forty for Extorting Petrobras Contractors, Murdering Opponents
Reuters says in its latest report that the police in Rio de Janeiro arrested 43 people on Thursday, July 4th,...
July 4, 2019