Tag: Rio
A Legacy of Rio Olympics: 4,000 Families Evicted
The official website for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games proclaims on its ...
Why We, Public Security Workers in Rio, Can’t Take It Anymore and Are Going on Strike
Rio de Janeiro, known for its Carnaval and soon to stage the 2014 World ...
Rio Once Again Gets Top Honor for Throwing World’s Biggest New Year’s Party
Despite the rain that fell the last night of 2011, which stopped a few ...
Rio’s Top Cop Toppled After Tough Judge Is Killed by Police
Rio de Janeiro states’s military police chief has resigned amid a scandal that linked ...
Overcrowding and Lack of Maintenance Leave 5 Dead in Rio’s Charming Trolley Car
The Santa Teresa trolley car, one of Rio de Janeiro’s postcard attractions, had an ...
Rio Favelas Celebrate 6 Months Free of Druglords
There were celebration this past weekend in the hillside slums of Penha and Morro ...
Brazil Is Example of Democracy for Arab World, Says Obama in Rio
US President Barack Obama, in a show of support for Brazil’s rising global economic ...
Rio’s Killing Floods a Once-in-5-Centuries Event, Say Brazilian Experts
Brazil’s rains of January 12, followed by flooding and mudslides that killed over 900 ...
Flood: Rio’s Tragedy Expected to Reach at Least 1,500 Deaths
The death toll in Rio’s hilly regions destroyed by the rains and mudslides in ...
War Operation with Almost 3,000 Men Take Rio Favela Back from Drug Traffickers
The Rio police signaled the success of retaking from the drug lords the huge ...
