Tag: Maranhao

• Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 08:33 UTC

  Some 50 armed men storm a town and empty two banks in the north of Brazil

  

  A gang of some 50 armed individuals attacked on Sunday night two banks, as well as military and police barracks, in a city in the northeast of Brazil, burning vehicles and causing a shooting that left three suspects dead.

• Wednesday, November 6th 2013 - 09:06 UTC

  Brazil's worst rocket launch tragedy had French spies as 'potential culprits'

  

  Brazil’s intelligence agency monitored French spies it suspected of involvement in the 2003 explosion at a satellite launch base, the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper said Tuesday, and though it was finally determined they played no role.