Rio’s Carnival with Extra Security and Facial Recognition Cameras
The city of Rio de Janeiro announced on Wednesday its Carnival operation schedule for the five-day Carnival holiday. In addition...
February 28, 2019Topic
Violence
Over Five Hundred Women Beaten Per Hour in Brazil Says New Study
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to a new survey from the Brazilian Public Security...
February 27, 2019
Four Women Murdered Every Day in Brazil in 2019
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a disturbing new report from the Inter-American Commission on...
February 6, 2019
Rio’s Legislature Begins New Term With Six Members in Jail
Representatives of the Rio de Janeiro Assembly will being sworn in today for the upcoming four-year term, but six of...
February 1, 2019
Brazil’s President Bolsonaro to Return to Work After Surgery
Two days after undergoing seven hours of surgery to remove a colostomy bag, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is expected to...
January 30, 2019
Brazil Sends Troops to Halt Criminal Gang Violence in Fortaleza
Ceará state transfers twenty leaders of organized crime jailed in the state to federal prisons to try to curb the...
January 7, 2019
Tourists Robbed at Gunpoint on Rio’s Corcovado Trail
Three men robbed approximately forty tourists hiking the trail that connects Parque Lage and the Corcovado mountain in Zona Sul...
January 4, 2019
Federal Military Intervention in Rio de Janeiro Ends December 31st
After ten months of federal intervention in Rio de Janeiro’s public security agencies, officials of the Armed Forces state that...
December 28, 2018
Brazil’s FUNAI Calls Army to Help Protect Isolated Indigenous Tribes
Funai requested the presence of Brazil’s Military Police and Army working in the Amazon region after armed men attacked a...
December 26, 2018