Is Rio Safe in 2026? An Honest Look for Expats and Visitors
Is Rio de Janeiro safe in 2026? An honest, neighborhood-by-neighborhood look at the real risks, and how expats and visitors...
March 6, 2026Topic
Public Security
Subway expansion and public security are Tarcísio’s challenges in the government of São Paulo
Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans, right) was elected governor of São Paulo with 55.32% of the votes in the October elections.
January 1, 2023
Uruguay: Electoral Court authorizes holding referendum against Lacalle Pou’s key law
Frente Amplio (FA, left-wing) party and social organizations in July submitted more than 730,000 signatures to promote the referendum
December 9, 2021
Brazil Looks at Lotteries, Private Sector to Finance Public Security
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s President, Michel Temer, is expected to sanction on...
December 12, 2018
Brazil Creates Single System of Public Security to Fight Crime
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President Temer sanctioned on Monday (June 11th) the creation...
June 12, 2018
Economic Cost of Crime to Brazil Almost R$300 Billion
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to a new study released on Monday, June 11th,...
June 12, 2018
Brazil Has Violence Rate Thirty Times Greater Than in Europe
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – More than 62,000 were murdered in Brazil in 2016...
June 6, 2018
Brazilian Governors Demand Promised Funds For Public Security
In March President Temer announced R$42 million in funds to states as part of the federal government’s National Public Security...
May 21, 2018
Military Intervention in Rio de Janeiro Enters New Phase
More military and police officers will be patrolling the streets as intervention moves to second phase.
May 16, 2018