Tag: Rio

With 400 Feared Killed by Rains, Rio’s Governor Blames All of Society for Tragedy

With rescuers racing against time amid fading hopes of finding survivors of a huge ...

While Death Toll Rises to Over 180, in Rio, Forecast is for Continued Rain

Rio’s rains now have killed at least 180 people and over 14,000 were left ...

200 People Feared Killed Under Mudslide in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro

200 people may have been killed in a landslide in a Rio de Janeiro ...

Rio Breaks Down. Heaviest Rain in Decades Kills Over 100

At least 102 peoople have been killed by landslides and floods set off by ...

In Stretch to the Olympics Rio Becomes Lab for Genocide and Social Control

The prospect of the FIFA World Cup in 2014 followed by the Olympic Games ...

Rio Hires New York’s Ex-Mayor to Make City Safer for Olympics

Former-mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, said Thursday, December 3, in Brazil, that the ...

300 Policemen Take Over Two Rio Favelas. Operation Olympic Clean Up Starts

With the occupation initiated this Monday, November 30,  of the Pavão-Pavãozinho and Cantagalo favelas ...

After 21 Deaths, 4,000 Policemen Take Over Rio’s Streets

Four thousand military policemen have taken to the streets of Rio and Greater Rio ...

Balance of Rio’s One-Day Drug War: One Arrested, 12 Killed

Rio de Janeiro has said no to an offer by the Brazilian federal government ...

Let’s Give Brazil a Vote of Confidence. Rio Olympics Might Be an Eye Opener

Last Monday, I was very happy to learn that the IOC had awarded Rio ...