Brazil Orders Troops to Border to Quell Tension with Refugees
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President of Brazil, Michel Temer, is holding a second...
August 20, 2018Topic
Roraima
Brazil’s Supreme Court Rejects Closing Border with Venezuela
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Supreme Court Justice Rosa Weber rejected on Monday night...
August 7, 2018
Over Half of Venezuelans Who Entered Brazil Have Already Left
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – More than half of the nearly 128,000 Venezuelans who...
July 18, 2018
Brazilian Officials Oppose Venezuela Border Closing Request
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s General Attorney’s office (PGR) released a document on...
April 19, 2018
Brazil’s President Temer Discusses Massive Venezuelan Inflow
Measures discussed include increasing Federal Police and Army troops at the border and certifying Venezuelan doctors and teachers to help...
February 13, 2018
Brazil Discusses Solution to Venezuelan Exodus
Officials say that at least ten percent of Boa Vista's population (40,000) are Venezuelans who have settled in makeshift campsites...
February 9, 2018
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
Amazonas Prison Director Removed for Corruption in Brazil
Report shows inmates had told the state court that prison officials were bribed to allow weapons, drugs and cellular phones...
January 11, 2017
States to Receive Federal Agents for Brazil Prison Crisis
Roraima to be the fourth state to request federal security forces in their prison system after more than 100 inmates...
January 9, 2017