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Four More Inmates Involved in Prison Riot are Killed Inside Transfer Truck

Four prisoners involved in the Altamira Regional Recovery Center massacre in southwestern Pará were killed by asphyxiation inside the cell...

August 1, 2019

Bolsonaro Says That Slave Labor Rules Need to be “Adjusted”

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro suggested yesterday, July 30th, that laws addressing work analogous to slavery and...

July 31, 2019

Brazil’s Government Allocates Suspension of R$1.44 Billion in Expenditures

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The government published a special issue of the Federal Gazette (DOU) on Tuesday evening, July...

July 31, 2019

Powerful Politician Rodrigo Maia Supports Press Freedom in Vaza Jato Case

The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia, recorded a video in which he defends the secrecy of journalistic...

July 31, 2019

Rio’s Governor Wants to Arrest Anyone Smoking Marijuana on the Beach

After a speech stating that the Government Secretariat would start collecting street dwellers, Governor Wilson Witzel again offered a creative...

July 31, 2019

Brazil’s Postal Workers Announce Strike Beginning Today

Postal workers have announced a strike starting this Wednesday evening, July 31st. According to the National Federation of Workers of...

July 31, 2019

Brazil’s First Burning Man Festival in Rio Grande do Norte

In 1986, Larry Harvey and Jerry James ritually burned a 2.7-meter-high wooden man on a beach in San Francisco.

July 31, 2019

Brazil Ranked Fourth in World in Number of Environmentalists Murdered in 2018

Brazil is the fourth most murderous country in the world for environmental activists, according to the annual report of the...

July 31, 2019

Brazil to Produce Less Top Quality Coffee in 2019, due to Unusual Weather

Brazil is producing less top quality coffee this year, despite a bumper crop overall because of unusual pre-harvest weather, which...

July 31, 2019