Brazil Fights Maranhão State Crime Wave
Members of Maranhão state crime gangs jailed at Pedrinhas Penitentiary in São Luís will be transferred to federal prisons after...
January 7, 2014Topic
Maranhão
One Arrested in Referee Beheading: Daily
A football match turned deadly in the state of Maranhão on June 30th when a referee was beaten and beheaded...
July 8, 2013
Court Stops Vale’s US$4.1B Railway: Daily
A US$4.1 billion project has been stopped as the world’s largest iron ore producer, Vale, was forced to suspend work...
August 7, 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
More Scandal for Ministry of Labor: Daily
President Rousseff met with with the Labor Minister, Carlos Lupi, for explanation of why he apparently lied about details of...
November 17, 2011
And the R$1 Trillion Goes To…
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – São Paulo’s Commercial Association (Associação Comercial Paulista) announced that the sum...
September 20, 2011
Reggae Rhythms in São Luís
By Joshua Rapp Learn, Contributing Reporter BRAZIL - Hear reggae music resound off dilapidated, ancient buildings and ceramic roof tiles...
June 1, 2010
Sarney Scandal Wildfire Heats Up
By Karen Shishiptorova, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_7508" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="José Sarney surrounded by the press, photo by Antonio Cruz/ABr."][/caption]RIO DE...
July 28, 2009