Tag: Recife

• Monday, July 10th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  At least 14 killed as building collapses in Recife

  

  At least 14 people were killed when an apartment building in the Brazilian city of Recife, capital of the State of Pernambuco, collapsed. The structure had been closed in 2010 by the authorities but it had been occupied irregularly, according to Civil Defense

• Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Bolsonaro going to Pernambuco as death toll from storms keeps rising

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday announced he would be traveling first thing Monday to Recife to see for himself the devastation caused by yet another rainstorm in the country's northeast, which has left at least 84 dead, and over 50 missing as figures are updated constantly.

• Monday, August 24th 2020 - 07:53 UTC

  Brazil Carrefour disastrous: despite an employee's death, body in covered and sales continue

  

  A supermarket chain in Brazil apologized for its handling of an employee's death at one of its stores, which covered the man's body with boxes and umbrellas and remained open for business.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  Brazilians desperately cleaning the oil spill ahead of the peak tourism season

  

  Months after thick oil began turning idyllic beaches in Brazil into “black carpets,” workers and volunteers wearing rubber gloves race against time to scrape off the remaining fragments ahead of the country's peak tourism season.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 08:08 UTC

  Spanish and Swiss companies win rights to operate key Brazilian airport groups

  

  Spain’s Aena SME SA and Switzerland’s Flughafen Zuerich AG last Friday won the right to operate two key Brazilian airport groups, in one of the first tests of President Jair Bolsonaro’s ability to draw foreign investment.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2011 - 15:34 UTC

  UK opens new consulate in Recife, next to northeast Brazil main trade and sea hub

  

  Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne on Tuesday opened a new Consulate General in Recife, Brazil - the city which became home to one of the first ever British missions in South America in 1808.