Brazil Announces R$1.5 Billion in Reserves to Education
A week after massive protests against government budget cuts in education, Brazil’s Economy Ministry announced Wednesday it was transferring R$1.588...
May 23, 2019Topic
Politics
Brazil Backs Down And Announces Participation in UN Climate Event
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Seven days after announcing that it was canceling its participation,...
May 20, 2019
Man Involved With Selling Units in Collapsed Buildings in Rio is Arrested
Rio de Janeiro police have arrested one of the men they say is involved with the collapse of two buildings...
May 20, 2019
Bolsonaro May Have to Re-create Ministries Scrapped in January
In addition to protests by teachers and students, investigations into one of his son’s financial activities and stalemate in the...
May 17, 2019
Violence Against Reporters in Latin America Increased in 2018
The improvement seen in the 2018 annual Reporters Without Borders (RFS) report on freedom of press in Latin America was...
April 30, 2019
Group in Rio to Reduce Human Rights Violations Committed by Police
An interagency work group for the defense of citizens in Rio de Janeiro state was created last week to follow...
April 30, 2019
Over 1.3 Million Hectares of Forests Disappeared in Brazil in 2018
About 12 million hectares of rainforests disappeared in 2018, according to data from Global Forest Watch (GFW), the equivalent to...
April 28, 2019
Turkey Asks For Extradition of Turkish-Brazilian Businessman
The Turkish government of Recep Erdogan wants Brazil’s government to extradite Turkish-born businessman, Ali Sipahi, stating that he is part...
April 26, 2019
Passengers Stranded as Avianca Cancels Hundreds of Flights
Over fifteen hundred flights operated by Avianca have been cancelled until Sunday, April 28th throughout Brazil, leaving thousands of passengers...
April 25, 2019