Tag: Brazilian Federal Police

• Monday, April 28th 2014 - 07:32 UTC

  Brazilian police ‘still have blood on their hands’ 20 years on from massacre

  

  Every year police in Brazil are responsible for around 2,000 deaths, Amnesty International said as it marked the 20th anniversary of the infamous Candelária massacre in Rio de Janeiro. On the night of 23 July 1993, eight young men and women died after a gang of hooded men opened fire on a group of some 50 street children sleeping on the steps of Rio de Janeiro’s Candelária church.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2014 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazilian Federal police on two-day strike for better wages and working conditions

  

  Brazil's federal police started on Tuesday a two-day work stoppage to demand better wages and improved security for the World Cup.

• Friday, August 31st 2012 - 00:49 UTC

  Brazilian federal workers accept proposal and return to work next Monday

  

  Unions representing 90% of Brazil's striking federal public workers have agreed to return to work on Monday, accepting tough terms set by President Dilma Rousseff, who insisted on putting fiscal discipline over the demands of her own political base.

• Monday, August 13th 2012 - 16:11 UTC

  Brazilian federal staff strike extends affecting airports, ports and foreign trade

  

  The Brazilian economy is slowing down and civil servants are threatening to intensify the several weeks strike to protest government policy that they allege is appealing to savings in salaries and working conditions to address the situation.

• Wednesday, August 8th 2012 - 18:36 UTC

  Brazilian Federal Police on strike; delays at airports and border crossings

  

  The strike declared by the Brazilian Federal Police on Tuesday is beginning to cause difficulties at international airports, delaying the crossing of visitors to neighbouring countries and some organized pickets have been marching in front of federal government offices.