Tag: Rio
Big Oil in Brazil Opposes Rio Threat to End Tax Exemption
An initiative by Rio de Janeiro state government to withdraw from Brazil's nation-wide treaty ...
All Is Peaceful in Rio, Brazil, After a 25-dead Bloody Tuesday
After a day that saw 25 people dead, most of them gang members according ...
Medieval Murder in Brazil Highlights Rio Brutality
With only days remaining until the start of Carnaval, and after weeks of escalating ...
Rio, Brazil, Gets Its Own Body Count Site: 44 Dead in 4 Days
Like US General Tommy Frank, who told reporters covering the Iraq war, "We don't ...
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 ...
