Four Women Murdered Every Day in Brazil in 2019
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a disturbing new report from the Inter-American Commission on...
February 6, 2019Topic
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Governor-Elect Witzel to Use Deadly Snipers in Rio’s Favelas
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a television interview on Tuesday, October 30th, the new...
October 31, 2018
Brazil Ranks Highest in Killing of Land and Environmental Activists
A study by UK-based NGO, Global Witness, found that in Brazil there were 29 activists killed in 2014, the most...
April 21, 2015
More Violence in Complexo do Alemão
Violence in Rio de Janeiro’s Complexo do Alemão continues, with the death of two police officers over the past week.
December 11, 2012
Brazil Mourns Journalist, Fourth in 2012
The death of reporter Décio Sá, killed last week in Maranhão state, north-east Brazil, brings the number of journalists murdered...
May 1, 2012
Rio Police Confirm Strike Plans: Daily
As the Polícia Militar strike continues in the Salvador, the union representing the Polícia Civil in Rio gave notice of...
February 6, 2012
Salvador Suffers with Police on Strike: Daily
A wave of violence has surged through the streets of Salvador since military police went on strike last Wednesday in...
February 4, 2012
Amazon MST Leader Killed in Pará, Brazil
A leading figure in Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST), was assassinated last Thursday evening in the Northern state of Pará.
August 30, 2011