Brazil’s World Cup Host Cites Feeling the Strain: Daily
Strikes, protests and public unrest continue to blight Brazil’s host cities such as Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Porto Alegre and...
June 6, 2014Topic
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Brazil Spends Record R$1.9B on World Cup Security
Brazil’s security preparations for World Cup break records, totalling nearly R$2 billion and involving 170,000 agents.
June 3, 2014
Striking Teachers Continue to Protest in Rio: Daily
Several hundred teachers from the public school network in Rio de Janeiro protested on Wednesday afternoon in the center of...
May 29, 2014
Brazil World Cup Team Met By Protests: Daily
As the Brazil team arrived at their team base in Teresópoli they were met by a group of protestors opposed...
May 27, 2014
Brazil Delays Review of Anti-Vandalism Law
Discussion of a Senate bill that would change Brazil's penal code to include harsher sentences against those who engage in...
May 20, 2014
Anti-World Cup Protests Erupt in Brazil: Daily
Protesters in twelve Brazilian cities took to the streets on Thursday to demonstrate against the high costs of hosting the...
May 16, 2014
Niterói Protests Turn Destructive: Daily
Protests in response to the recent deaths of two Niterói residents turned destructive on April 19th as cars and buses...
April 20, 2014
Comlurb President Says Sticking to its Crisis Manual: Daily
Comlurb is referring to its “crisis manual” to accelerate the emergency garbage collection in areas most affected by the street...
March 7, 2014
Opinion: The Curmudgeon on the Failure of Democracy
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - “Venezuela is not Ukraine,” quoth Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff recently, and...
March 4, 2014