Brazil Establishes National Pact Against LGBT Violence
The Ministry of Human Rights established a National Pact against LGBT-POV (violence against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals, and transvestites) last...
May 23, 2018Topic
Marielle Franco
Police Recreate Assassination of Rio Councilwoman Marielle Franco
Public Security Minister, Raul Jungmann, admitted there is evidence of the participation of a lawmaker and police officers in the...
May 11, 2018
Rio Hosts Show in Honor of Marielle Franco’s Memory
Over twenty artists and bands will pay tribute to the Carioca councilwoman in Circo Voador. Money raised from the tickets...
April 25, 2018
Family of Franco and Gomes Meet with Rio Police Chief
Head of Rio's Civil Police, Rivaldo Barbosa, pledged to family members that investigators "will not rest until we have solved...
April 17, 2018
Protests Mark a Month of Rio Councilwoman’s Murder
Rio’s civil police is working with the hypothesis of an action by militiamen for the Franco and Gomes executions.
April 16, 2018
Advisor to Potential Witness in Marielle Franco Murder Case Found Dead
On Sunday, April 8th, community activist, Carlos Alexandre Pereira, was found murdered in Rio's Zona Oeste just two days after...
April 10, 2018Child Education Center Celebrates 10 Years in Rio’s Complexo da Maré
More than 2,000 families from Complexo da Maré have benefited from the daycare provided by RioSolidario, with around 200 children...
April 8, 2018
Rio Registers Highest Number of Murdered Politicians in Brazil
According to study done by Unirio's political scientists, 79 candidates to Brazil's executive and legislative powers were executed between 2000...
March 21, 2018
Opinion: Who Murdered Rio Councillor Marielle Franco?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon was blithely finishing the third part of his desultory...
March 19, 2018