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, 2018Topic
Rio Grande do Norte
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
Brazil Authorizes National Forces in Three States for 180 Days
Brazil's Ministry of Justice and Public Security authorized action of the National Force in the states of Rio Grande do...
February 21, 2017
Authorities Try to Contain Prison Riot in Northeastern Brazil
Measures include extra federal agents, external fence with alarm system and restoration of outside walls with concrete instead of sand.
January 24, 2017
Violence Spills to Streets in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Norte
Buses were burned and police station attacked as retaliation for the transfer of inmates from Alcaçuz Penitentiary.
January 19, 2017
State in Brazil’s North Requests Aid After 26 Killed in Prison Riot
State governor Robinson Faria will ask Brazil’s federal government for extra security forces to secure the Natal Alcaçuz State Penitentiary,...
January 17, 2017
Natal State Prison Riot in Brazil Leaves at Least 10 Dead
Police storm prison in Natal Sunday morning after a 13-hour standoff which has left at least ten dead and dozens...
January 15, 2017
Adventures on Natal’s Dunes and Reefs
The dunes and beaches around sun-soaked Natal offer adventures of all sizes for the whole family to enjoy - including...
September 25, 2012
Brazil Loses 80% of Coral Reefs: Daily
Around eighty percent of Brazil’s coral reefs have been lost over the last half century due to pollution and illegal...
September 25, 2012