Long lines for food on Rio’s President Vargas Avenue as hunger grows with pandemic
Readers who pass the Bibliotheca do Parque by Campo Santana and President Vargas Avenue may have noticed a large queue...
May 21, 2021Section
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Former Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista’s mining company declared bankrupt
A Rio de Janeiro court declared Wednesday the bankruptcy of MMX Mineração e Metálicos, the mining company controlled by former...
May 19, 2021
Brazilian singer MC Kevin plunges to his death from hotel’s fifth floor
Brazilian musician, MC Kevin, died at the age of 23 after falling from the fifth floor of a hotel in...
May 18, 2021
Thousands protest in Brazil against racism and police violence
Thousands of people protested Thursday (13.05.2021) in several Brazilian cities against racism and police violence, a week after an anti-narco...
May 13, 2021
Criminals control Rio communications towers in 72 neighborhoods; blackmail operators
Organized crime in Rio de Janeiro has taken control of 26 telecommunications masts and antennae, asking communication companies to pay...
May 12, 2021
Rio Prosecutor’s Office, pressured by public opinion, creates task force on Jacarezinho massacre
The group is to investigate allegations of police abuse. "It was the baptism of fire of Bolsonarism with a bloodbath,"...
May 12, 2021
Aircraft makes emergency landing at Galeão Airport in Rio
An Azul aircraft bound to Brasilia made an emergency landing at the Tom Jobim International Airport In Rio de Janeiro,...
May 10, 2021
Jair Bolsonaro congratulates police on controversial operation leaving 28 dead in Rio favela
The president of Brazil, ultra-conservative Jair Bolsonaro, on Sunday congratulated the police for the questioned operation last Thursday in a...
May 10, 2021
A third of Rio Police operation’s victims have no criminal proceedings in Court
A survey conducted by Estadão on the Court's website on Saturday evening, May 8th, showed that no criminal proceedings are...
May 10, 2021