Homicides in Brazil in 1st half 2021 down 8% from 1st half 2020 – Survey
In the first six months of 2021, there were 21,042 violent deaths in the country, compared to 22,838 in the...
August 20, 2021Topic
Murders
Homicide rates rise again in Brazil in 2020 after two years in decline
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After two years in decline, the rate of intentional violent deaths (homicides) grew 4% in...
July 15, 2021
Murders and arbitrary detentions denounced after FARC arrival in Colombia-Venezuela border
The situation between dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Venezuelan Armed Forces in Apure state,...
March 26, 2021
Landmark Brazilian Law Fails to Halt Rising Feminicides
Bete speaks softly to her employers as she tries to push down her sleeves to cover her bruised arms. The...
August 11, 2019
Firearms Responsible for 71 Percent of Homicides in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – From the beginning of the 1980s to 2016, the...
June 15, 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
Report Shows a Person is Killed in Brazil Every Nine Minutes
Police–related deaths in Brazil are higher than that of Honduras, considered the most violent country in in the world.
October 28, 2016
Eight Men Killed in São Paulo Football Fan Club Execution
While the investigators do not believe the motive was solely fan rivalry, the massacre cast a shadow on the sport...
April 20, 2015
Fourth Journalist Murder in Brazil this Year
Walgney Assis Carvalho, a photojournalist from the state of Minas Gerais, was shot at point-blank range by a hooded man...
April 23, 2013