Firearms Responsible for 71 Percent of Homicides in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – From the beginning of the 1980s to 2016, the...
June 15, 2018Topic
Deaths
Rio to Remove Half of Police Pacifying Units From Favelas
Announcement comes same day report shows the number of people killed in the two months of federal intervention more than...
April 27, 2018
Brazil Extends Yellow Fever Vaccination Drive Nationwide
The recent outbreak of yellow fever in some of the nation's most populous states have led officials to try immunize...
March 21, 2018
Heavy Rain Floods Parts of Rio de Janeiro Leaving Three Dead
The Tim Maia bike path overlooking the ocean in São Conrado collapsed due to the heavy rains seen during the...
February 15, 2018
Rio’s Federal Highways Register Five Deaths During Carnival 2018
With fewer accidents than last year, Rio's roads saw 80 injured people and 58 seized driving licenses on the three...
February 14, 2018
More States Adhere to Disaster SMS Warning System in Brazil
By March, all 27 states and the capital, Brasilia, will receive free SMS message warnings of natural disasters, such as...
January 16, 2018
Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign to Start in São Paulo
To vaccinate more than 4.5 million people in February, officials announced they will be fractioning full dose of vaccine into...
January 11, 2018
Number of Military Police Killed in Rio this Year Reaches 126
Of the 126 military police violently killed in Rio de Janeiro since January, 26 were murdered in service; 77 when...
December 10, 2017
United Nations Launches Anti-Racism Campaign in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The office of the United Nations in Brazil launched this...
November 9, 2017