Tag: Rio
Brazil: Governor Finds Abandoned Patients, Old Drugs, and Cockroaches in Hospital
Rio’s governor, Sérgio Cabral Filho, made a surprise visit to the state hospital Albert ...
Now You Can Buy Protection in Brazil from Police-Linked Militias
Militias formed by police, ex-police officers, firemen, prison workers, and military personnel have expelled ...
Brazil: When Rio Is Too Hot to Handle You Just Get High
Sometimes the usual enticements of Rio de Janeiro are too sweltering to handle, especially ...
One Killed, Dozens Mugged, It’s Tourist-Hunting Season in Rio, Brazil
Rio robbers have been terrorizing foreign tourists more than ever. Nobody seems able to ...
When I See What’s Going on in Brazil I Feel Like Picking Up a Gun
They come every trash day. A black man in his twenties and his son, ...
Opposition Candidate Blasts Venezuela’s Chavez for Sponsoring Brazilian Carnaval
Rio’s samba parade, the highlight of the pre-Lenten Carnaval, is a hard-fought competition among ...
Oil Gives Rio a Boost Taking Brazil’s State Out of the Red
The good result in the trade balance of southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de ...
Brazil Industry Complains: ‘We Can’t Compete with the Chinese’
In conversations with Brazil’s Minister of Development, Luiz Fernando Furlan, the president of the ...
Exports from Rio Almost Double
Exports from the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, totalled US$ 683.6 million in ...
Either Rio Stops Crime or Crime Will Stop Rio
According to the latest Latin America edition of U.S. weekly magazine Newsweek, Rio de ...
