Rio Issues Arrest Warrants For Men Linked to Collapse of Buildings
Rio police authorities have issued arrest warrants for three people linked to the collapse of two buildings earlier which caused...
April 20, 2019Topic
Victims
Vale Sounds New Alarm to Evacuate More of Devastated Brazilian Town
In the early hours of Sunday, warning sirens were once again issued by mining giant Vale around the town of...
January 27, 2019
Twelve People Hit by Stray Bullets in Rio Over Last Ten Days
Since the beginning of the year, various cases of people hit by stray bullets within the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan...
January 26, 2015
Arrests Follow Tragic Nightclub Fire: Daily
Arrests have been ordered on four people after a major fire at a nightclub in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do...
January 28, 2013
Feminists Gather for SlutWalk in Rio: Daily
Women's Rights, Victims
May 27, 2012
Rio Collapse Victims to Sue City: Daily
A victims' association for those killed in last week’s multiple building collapse in downtown Rio is to attempt to prosecute...
February 3, 2012
Rescue Work Continues in Rio: Daily
The death toll in the multiple building collapse on Wednesday night in Rio de Janeiro’s Cinelândia area of Centro remains...
January 27, 2012
Murder Rates Doubled Since 1980: Daily
Report shows that since 1980, murder rates in Brazil have more than doubled, increased from 13,900 in 1980 to 49,900...
December 15, 2011Scandals Taint Progress in Região Serrana
Former councilman Odenir Cardoso Moreira, better known as “Quincas,” is being investigated by the Polícia Militar for the misappropriation of...
July 26, 2011