Tag: Rio de Janeiro

• Friday, December 27th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Fire bomb attack on Netflix Rio office to protest a special Christmas depicting Jesus as gay and with a boyfriend

  

  Police are investigating a fire-bomb attack on the Rio de Janeiro office of a production company behind a controversial Christmas special aired on streaming service Netflix.

• Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazil: Investigation into one of Bolsonaro's sons using public funds to hire “ghost staff”

  

  Brazilian prosecutors have started a new investigation into the eldest son of President Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he embezzled public money by hiring “ghost employees”, officials said.

• Wednesday, October 30th 2019 - 08:36 UTC

  Brazil has become a beacon for Big Oil foreign investment in the energy sector

  

  When oil executives arrive in Rio de Janeiro this week for Brazil’s biennial Offshore Technology Conference, they will find themselves in Latin America’s most promising market for Big Oil by far. This signals a dramatic change from only a year ago.

• Saturday, October 26th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Controversy over Bolsonaro's possible attendance in Chile of the Libertadores Copa final

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, an admirer of Latin America's military dictatorships, courted controversy on Friday when he said he might go to next month's Copa Libertadores final in the Chilean stadium once used as a detention centre.

• Friday, September 20th 2019 - 10:20 UTC

  Floating bookstore 'Logos Hope' opens in Rio

  

  The world's largest floating bookstore - the Logos Hope - with a crew of 400 volunteers from 60 nations Thursday opened its doors to the public to offer books on a large assortment of subjects. The vessel has visited over 1,400 ports in 150 countries worldwide. Most recently, she stopped at Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata in Argentina.

• Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 17:48 UTC

  Ex Odebrecht corrupt VP found dead in Rio de Janeiro

  

  Former Odebrecht Vicepresident Henrique Valladares, one of the main informants in the megacorruption scandal which links the Brazilian building firm with bribes involving top tier officials from governments all over Latin America, has been found lifeless in his Rio de Janeiro flat, it was reported. The cause of death is yet to be determined.

• Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 20:22 UTC

  Fire in Rio do Janeiro leaves at least twelve people dead

  

  A fire erupted in a hospital in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, leaving at least twelve people dead and forcing medical staff and desperate relatives to rescue patients from the smoke-filled wards.

• Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 09:42 UTC

  UK program to help boost trade facilitation and export programs

  

  A new trade facilitation program will support Brazilian businesses to export, which will help boost trade with countries including the UK. The £20 million program will work with existing export promotion and trade facilitation programs across Brazil to help bring businesses of all sizes to international markets.

• Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Gunman holding a busload of passenger’s hostage in Rio was shot dead by police sniper

  

  A gunman holding a busload of passengers hostage in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday was shot dead by police, officials said, ending the hours-long hijacking. Dozens of people were trapped on the bus after it was commandeered by the gunman on a heavily transited bridge connecting Rio with the neighboring city of Niteroi.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2019 - 08:20 UTC

  Brazilian drug dealer who failed in attempt to escape dressed as his daughter, found dead in his cell 

  

  Prison authorities in Brazil have found convicted drug dealer Clauvino da Silva dead in his cell, three days after an elaborate escape was foiled. Prison officials said it appeared that Silva had hanged himself.