Six facts you should know about medical cannabis in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Medical cannabis has become a hot topic in recent years. While some governments have finally...
September 19, 2021Topic
legislation
Brazil’s JBS Names High Ranking Politicians in Scandal
JBS executives say that current Senate president was paid R$5 million to support legislation which would benefit company.
May 23, 2017
Senate Passes Ports Regulation Bill: Daily
The Brazilian Senate has approved a bill, MP 595, that changes rules governing how the country’s ports are regulated, in...
May 17, 2013
Deadly Fire May Bring Regulation Change
A nightclub fire that claimed the lives of 234 people in Santa Maria has sparked an urgent investigation into whether...
January 29, 2013
CREA: Rio Building Standards Review
The work of Rio buildings authorities CREA has been called into question after it was revealed engineers were not being...
February 7, 2012
Rio Responds to Building Collapses
Officials in Rio de Janiero have since announced more stringent preventative measures, following last week's building collapse which killed seventeen...
January 31, 2012
A Simple Curmudgeonly Philippic
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Whatever happened to the separation of powers? Not only does the...
July 19, 2011
The Investment Visa Explained
By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_8207" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Securing an investment visa is proving ever more costly, photo by...
August 11, 2009