Floods in Teresópolis Kill Five: Daily
Heavy floods which caused eight landslides in Teresópolis on Friday have left five people dead, fifteen injured and hundreds homeless,...
April 8, 2012Topic
Rio State
Rio Infrastructure Needs R$16B: Daily
Rio de Janeiro will need to invest some R$15.8 billion in both public investment and private funding by 2020 to...
February 13, 2012
Civil Police in Rio Suspend Strike: Daily
Rio's civil police and Bahia's military police decided to suspend strike action. Firefighters and MPs in Rio are still on...
February 12, 2012
US Issues Salvador Travel Advice: Daily
The U.S. Embassy in Brazil has issued travel advice urging its citizen to postpone any non-essential travel to Salvador, Bahia,...
February 7, 2012
Rio Police Confirm Strike Plans: Daily
As the Polícia Militar strike continues in the Salvador, the union representing the Polícia Civil in Rio gave notice of...
February 6, 2012
Petrobras Pre-Salt Oil Spill Contained: Daily
A public investigation in underway after an incident at a deepwater oil field run by Brazilian oil giant Petrobras led...
February 2, 2012
Rio Responds to Building Collapses
Officials in Rio de Janiero have since announced more stringent preventative measures, following last week's building collapse which killed seventeen...
January 31, 2012
Cap May Limit Rio Real Estate Boom: Daily
In the past few years the cost of real estate has skyrocketed in Rio de Janeiro, and regulators may make...
January 30, 2012
Death Toll Rises in Centro Rio: Daily
As of noon, five people are confirmed dead, and at least fifteen people are missing after three buildings collapse in...
January 26, 2012