More Trouble Ahead for Brazil’s Former Golden Boy Eike Batista
Eike Batista, once the richest man in Brazil, has been fined around US$134 (R$536) million for insider trading, the securities...
May 28, 2019Topic
Political News Brazil
Plane Transporting Brazilian Singer Gabriel Diniz Crashes in Sergipe
By Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to the press agent for the singer of the hit song...
May 27, 2019
“I overreacted” Says Bolsonaro After Having Called Protesters “Useful Idiots”
President Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday that he overreacted when he called protesters who took to the streets on May...
May 27, 2019
Investigation Into Brazil’s Flávio Bolsonaro Finds 37 Properties
Investigation into Flávio Bolsonaro's office in the Legislative Assembly of Rio (Alerj) finds a total of 37 properties supposedly linked...
May 27, 2019
Three-Year-Old Child Slave Found in Flour Mill in Brazil
Thirteen children and adolescents, from three to 17 years old, were found working in three cassava flour production facilities in...
May 27, 2019
Brazil Eyes Amazon Fund to Compensate Land Expropriation
By Arkady Petrov RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The federal government wants to use the Amazon Fund, set up with...
May 27, 2019
Favela Residents Ask Government to “Stop Killing Us” in Counter-Demonstration
Copacabana beach played host to demonstrations in favor of Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, but just blocks away, several hundred...
May 27, 2019
The Little Brazilian NGO That Could: A Tale of Cold Incubation
By Henry Montalto, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The triumph and tribulation NGOs face throughout the world are,...
May 27, 2019
Brazil’s Basic Health Units Become Skeletal Structures: Report
A report obtained by Brazilian news outlet "Metrópoles" shows that several Basic Health Units (UBS) or Emergency Care Units (UPA)...
May 27, 2019