Drones Hit Libya’s Biggest Working Refinery as Oil Output Nears a 13-Year High
Five drone strikes hit Libya's Zawiya refinery between 9 and 11 August, collapsing a petrol tank and prompting a force...
August 15, 2026Topic
militias
Opinion: The Tipping Point – Rio’s Militias Must Be Eradicated
As the flames roared from the 35 buses set ablaze, Rio bore witness to the brazen might of its local...
October 25, 2023
Kill or be killed – Rio de Janeiro Police and their fight against militias and crime gangs
Rio de Janeiro is a great city. But it is infested with multiplying small criminal "kingdoms" that terrorize this iconic...
October 6, 2022
Militias and drug gangs prevent Oi technicians from accessing 105 communities in Brazil Rio de Janeiro
The data were presented by Oi's Institutional Relations Manager Alexander Castro during a webinar on "network infrastructure security and integrity"...
October 4, 2021
Opinion: Rio’s Beleaguered Military Police
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Last week’s first (figurative) news bomb was the fatal shooting of...
November 3, 2017
Rio Police in New Favela Operation: Daily
Two people were killed after officers from 27th Military Police Battalion launched a pacification operation in communities in Santa Cruz,...
September 26, 2011
Police Operation Against Militia in Rio: Daily
Approximately 150 police officers were involved in Operation Pandora, arresting more suspects in connection with the militias in Campo Grande,...
September 1, 2011
Rio Reacts to Murder of Judge Patrícia Acioli
Judge Patrícia Acioli was assassinated last week outside her home in Niterói, the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, shot...
August 16, 2011
The Curmudgeon on Vigilantes
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian laws do not countenance the death penalty, for any crimes....
August 16, 2011