Hotels in Rio Keep Closing Due to Economic Crisis and Security Concerns
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Once booming and full of high expectations, Rio de...
August 1, 2018Topic
Violence
Thousands Rally in “Black Women’s March” in Rio
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - An estimated seven thousand people took to the streets of...
July 30, 2018
Shootings in Rio Up Almost Forty Percent Since Military Intervention
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to a report released yesterday, July 25th, from the...
July 26, 2018
Brazil Seeks Answers to Student’s Death in Nicaragua
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s government has called back Brazilian ambassador to Nicaragua,...
July 25, 2018
Firearm Registrations in Brazil Rise Five-Fold in Ten Years
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The number of firearm registrations by individuals citizens in...
July 24, 2018
Firearms Responsible for 71 Percent of Homicides in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – From the beginning of the 1980s to 2016, the...
June 15, 2018
Economic Cost of Crime to Brazil Almost R$300 Billion
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to a new study released on Monday, June 11th,...
June 12, 2018
Brazil Has Violence Rate Thirty Times Greater Than in Europe
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – More than 62,000 were murdered in Brazil in 2016...
June 6, 2018
Brazilian Governors Demand Promised Funds For Public Security
In March President Temer announced R$42 million in funds to states as part of the federal government’s National Public Security...
May 21, 2018