Brazil: Lula da Silva Tourism Minister’s links with paramilitaries
Minister of Tourism of Brazil campaigned in 2018 with Juracy Alves Prudêncio, a paramilitary sentenced to 22 years for homicide
January 4, 2023Topic
Baixada Fluminense
Five men are missing in Rio de Janeiro, who were in a vehicle ordered on transportation app
Brazilian police are investigating the disappearance of five men who were traveling in Rio de Janeiro in the early hours...
August 15, 2022
Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro police involved in 21% of recorded fatalities in 2021
Data from the State Civil Police Secretariat collected through the Access to Information Law show that of the 2,510 records...
September 6, 2021
Police warn of infighting over succession to Brazil’s most powerful militia
The death of Ecko, pointed out as the head of the largest militia in the country started a dispute over...
June 16, 2021
Rio’s Olympic Park in Barra Hosts Jogos da Baixada
Brazil's Minister of Sports kicked off the 2017 Jogos da Baixada at an opening ceremony held at Olympic Park in...
June 12, 2017
Rolls-Royce to Build Factory in Rio de Janeiro: Daily
British company Rolls-Royce have revealed that they will build a factory for assembling naval equipment in Rio de Janeiro.
April 8, 2014
Two More Police Officers Killed in Rio de Janeiro: Daily
Two police officers were shot in Rio on Saturday, March 15th , marking more police officer deaths in the first...
March 16, 2014
UPPs in Baixada Fluminense, São Gonçalvo and Niterói
Rio announced the inauguration of several new Police Pacifying Units (UPPs) across the Baixada Fluminense, Niterói and São Gonçalvo in...
February 4, 2014
Rains Leave Rio in State of Emergency: Daily
Torrential rains on Tuesday and Wednesday wreaked havoc in the city and state of Rio de Janeiro, flooding streets, metro...
December 14, 2013