Tag: Eduardo Paes

Monday, October 7th 2024 - 09:06 UTC
Brazil's municipal elections: Rio Mayor reelected Sunday; others will have to wait for runoff

Eduardo Paes has been reelected for a fourth time as mayor of Rio de Janeiro in what was regarded as a major electoral blow from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro. With 93.66% of the votes counted, the 54-year-old Paes had collected 60.26% support. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) candidate was mayor of Rio during back-to-back terms (2009-2017) and returned in 2020. Paes dedicated his victory to President Lula and Rio de Janeiro State Governor Cláudio Castro. “As of today, conflicts are over,” he said.
Wednesday, January 5th 2022 - 09:53 UTC
Rio street carnival called off yet again due to covid-19

The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro has decided to cancel its widely famous carnival street celebrations due to the covid-19 pandemic, which,has made such a large gathering “unfeasible,” according to Mayor Eduardo Paes.
Saturday, August 28th 2021 - 09:43 UTC
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro City Hall to require vaccine passports for public spaces starting next month

The City Hall of Rio de Janeiro Friday announced that effective September 1, a COVID-19 vaccination passport will be required for customers to be allowed to enter cinemas, theatres, museums, stadiums, amusement parks and gyms.
Saturday, March 20th 2021 - 09:17 UTC
Rio beaches closed for the weekend and no tourists allowed into the city

Rio de Janeiro closed its famed beaches on Friday in a bid to contain a surge of COVID-19, a move criticized by anti-lockdown President Jair Bolsonaro, who said sun-deprived citizens risked a lack of vitamin D.
Wednesday, February 17th 2021 - 08:42 UTC
Brazilian city suspends vaccination campaign because of insufficient doses

Rio de Janeiro suspends Covid-19 vaccination campaign until next week because the Brazilian city has run out of doses, Mayor Eduardo Paes announced. “I have been informed that the new doses did not arrive. We will have to interrupt our campaign from Tuesday,” Paes wrote on Twitter.
Wednesday, September 6th 2017 - 07:01 UTC
Rio 2016 Olympic Games, another can of worms, ...and of Olympic corruption

Brazilian and French authorities said on Tuesday they uncovered an international corruption scheme aimed at buying votes in awarding the 2016 Olympics. It is the latest allegation to tarnish the legacy of the Rio Games, the first Olympics in South America.
Monday, April 17th 2017 - 14:18 UTC
Odebrecht's state of the art Division of Structured Operations, better known as “bribe department”

The Brazilian engineering group Odebrecht kept a secret communications system to discuss and arrange the payments of bribes. A detailed spreadsheet mapped out who got what, all veiled under a system of codenames, and overseeing it all, there was an entire department at Odebrecht whose only purpose was to ensure the graft ran smoothly.
Saturday, July 30th 2016 - 07:47 UTC
Olympics chief praises Rio and anticipates a “fantastic” Games

The head of the International Olympic Committee played down problems with unfinished accommodation in Rio de Janeiro that have prompted some teams to abandon the Olympic village, saying he expected Brazil to host a “fantastic” games.
Monday, July 4th 2016 - 09:45 UTC
New York Times gets involved in Rio Olympics Games catastrophe controversy

Rio de Janeiro’s mayor lashed out Sunday at an opinion piece in The New York Times which warned of “catastrophe” at next month’s Olympic Games.
Friday, May 13th 2016 - 07:13 UTC
Brazil's third Sports minister since March with only 12 weeks to Rio Olympic Games

Brazil shuffled its sports leadership team again on Thursday, just 85 days before the games arrive in Rio de Janeiro. The announcement came after vice president Michel Temer took over as the new acting president amid deep political turmoil. The previous president Dilma Rousseff was forced to temporarily resign following a Congressional vote to begin an impeachment trial against her for breaking budgetary laws.