Rio Police Arrest 33 in One Week in Actions to Suppress Militia Financing Structure
Rio's Civil Police arrested at least 33 suspects in a week in operations to suppress the financial structure of militias...
October 24, 2020Section
Society
Daily Interest News from Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Opinion: Is Brazil Truly a World “Pariah”?
On Thursday, October 22nd, Jair Bolsonaro's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ernesto Araújo, told students at Rio Branco College, a prestigious...
October 24, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Counts Over 5.35 Million Cases, 156,400 Deaths (October 23rd)
The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus since the start of the pandemic has reached 5,353,656 in Brazil....
October 24, 2020
Brazil Regulatory Agency ANVISA Authorizes Importation of Six Million CoronaVac Doses
The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) on Friday, October 23rd, authorized the import of six million doses of the CoronaVac,...
October 24, 2020
No New Environmental Fine Has Been Collected in Brazil in Over One Year
A decree published last year by the Bolsonaro government establishing the so-called "conciliation centers" to assess IBAMA and ICMBio fines...
October 24, 2020
Eleven-year-old Girl Raped by Four Boys in Belo Horizonte
An 11-year-old girl was raped by four boys, two 13 and two 12 year olds, in the Northern Region of...
October 23, 2020
Brazilian Indigenous Leader Wins Robert Kennedy Rights Award
Alessandra Korap of the Munduruku tribe in the Amazon was awarded the 2020 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights prize for...
October 23, 2020
Covid-19: Brazil Records 24,800 New Cases and 497 Deaths in 24 Hours (October 22nd)
Health authorities have reported 24,858 new cases and another 497 deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours. The data were collected...
October 23, 2020
Coronavirus Raises Existential Question for Sector With US$3 Trillion Turnover Worldwide
Since his near-death by Covid-19 earlier this year, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson went on a mission to reduce his...
October 22, 2020