Northeast Brazilian Governors Call for International Flight Suspension
The Northeast Consortium, a group of governors from Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe,...
December 24, 2020Topic
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Brazil’s Senate Passes Stricter Sentences for Sexual Assaults
After national outcry, Senate passes bill that would render stiffer sentences to those who participate in gang rapes.
June 1, 2016
Blackout Strikes Brazil’s Northeast: Daily
Around fifty million people in Northeast Brazil were affected by a regionwide blackout on Wednesday afternoon.
August 29, 2013
Brazil Struggles to Reduce Child Labor
Brazil will not achieve targets for the eradication of “worst forms” of child labor in the country by 2015, according...
June 4, 2013
2012 Elections Are Turning Violent: Daily
Sixty days into the campaign, the 2012 municipal elections have already had more politically associated deaths and acts of violence...
September 4, 2012
Oxi: New Drug Terrifies Brazil
By Patricia Maresch, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – It looks like crack, but it is much cheaper,...
April 26, 2011