Brazil: Lula da Silva dismisses the heads of the Federal Police of 18 states
The Brazilian Minister of Justice, Flávio Dino, has made official this Thursday the replacement of 26 of the 27 regional...
January 20, 2023Topic
Federal Highway Police (PRF)
Brazil’s Pará de Minas issues alert on dam rupture risk
The City Hall of Pará de Minas, a municipality in Minas Gerais, on Sunday, January 9, issued an emergency alert...
January 10, 2022
Three Brazilian states still report truckers’ demonstration points
The Ministry of Infrastructure on Friday said that based on information from the Federal Highway Police (PRF), 3 states still...
September 10, 2021
Number of Brazilian states with wildcat trucker strikes rises to 14
Truckers paralyzed sections of highways in at least 14 states on Wednesday, September 8 - a day after protests called...
September 9, 2021
Illegal market accounts for 25% of pesticide supply in Brazil
A quarter of pesticides used in Brazil comes from the illegal market as a result of smuggling, theft, falsification or...
August 12, 2021
Brazilian city Ipixuna do Pará decrees emergency after flood collapses highway
RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL - The municipality of Ipixuna do Pará (Pará state) declared an emergency situation after heavy rain...
February 17, 2021