Rio Reassures Public as Police Plan Strike
Rio de Janeiro’s State Governor, Sergio Cabral, has been seeking to reassure citizens that the same thing will not occur...
February 7, 2012Topic
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Brazil Strives for Economic Equality
Brazil poverty rates have halved over the last two decades, lifting 28 million people out of extreme poverty and allowing...
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
Salvador Suffers with Police on Strike: Daily
A wave of violence has surged through the streets of Salvador since military police went on strike last Wednesday in...
February 4, 2012
Police Threaten Strike Before Carnival
Rio’s police and firefighters are threatening to go on strike during the Carnival if demands over increased wages and better...
January 31, 2012
Explosion in Zona Norte Kills One: Daily
An explosion that occurred in the Cais do Porto region of Caju, in the Rio’s Zona Norte (North Zone), left...
January 31, 2012
Experts Fear Dengue Strain Return: Daily
Rio de Janeiro registered its first case of type 4 dengue fever in almost thirty years on Friday in the...
January 29, 2012
Brazil’s Petrobras Taps First Female CEO
The Brazilian energy corporation Petrobras, looks set to welcome their first female CEO in the coming weeks, Maria das Graças...
January 24, 2012
Residents Brace for Neighborhood Blocos
The news that three people had been arrested for public urination at a pre-Carnival bloco in Copacabana last week was...
January 24, 2012