Human Smuggler Returns Money to Family of Missing Brazilian
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The family of one of the Brazilians missing since November...
January 2, 2017Topic
Politics
Brazil Announces R$755 Million in Investments to Combat Drought
President Temer announces investments of R$755 million to fifteen Brazilian including the construction of 133,000 water reservoirs.
December 28, 2016
Aedes Aegypti Mosquito is Top Priority for Brazil’s Government
Officials say fight against mosquito which transmits dengue, Zika and Chikungunya is priority but repellents promised a year ago have...
December 27, 2016
Rio State Registers 15 Homicides Per Day in November
From January through November, there were 4.572 homicides in the state, with an increase seen in police killing citizens and...
December 23, 2016
Brazil’s Odebrecht to Pay U.S., Switzerland Billions in Fines
Already considered the largest-ever global bribery accord, Odebrecht, and subsidiary Braskem, agree to pay two foreign countries over US$3.5 billion...
December 22, 2016
Officials Worry About Chikungunya Virus Epidemic in Rio de Janeiro
The official warns that unlike dengue, persons infected with the chikungunya virus may develop chronic joint problems for months or...
December 21, 2016
Irregularities in 41 Percent of Campaign Donations in Brazil
Among the irregularities registered in the 2016 municipal election donations were deceased donors and those in social welfare programs.
December 20, 2016
Brazil’s Supreme Court to Receive Plea Bargaining Accords
As many as two hundred politicians from all political parties maybe named by Odebrecht executives as being involved in the...
December 19, 2016
Brazil’s Ex-President Lula Sues Prosecutors for Defamation
The ex-leader wants R$1 million for the PowerPoint presentation which had his name in the center and became an instant...
December 16, 2016