Tag: Rio de Janeiro

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

  Brazil's scientists furious with budget cuts limiting research and “expelling the brightest from the country”

  

  Brazil’s government has triggered fierce criticism from scientists after announcing plans to tackle economic stagnation by implementing a government-wide budget freeze that could see research funding cut by up to 42%.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 08:47 UTC

  Torrential rain kills ten in Rio and leaves the city in a state of emergency

  

  Torrential rain left at least 10 people dead in Rio de Janeiro, officials said on Tuesday, as emergency workers rescued people trapped by the downpour and clean-up efforts gathered pace.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 05:27 UTC

  In a trigger-happy incident Brazilian military fire 80 bullets on family car killing one occupant

  

  Brazilian soldiers opened fire on a family driving to a baby shower in Rio de Janeiro, riddling their vehicle with more than 80 bullets and killing one of the occupants, reports said on Monday. Ten army personnel have been arrested over Sunday's incident, which also wounded two others, on suspicion of “failure to comply with rules of engagement”, the military said in a statement.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 10:00 UTC

  Hundreds protest on Sunday in Brazilian cities: “dictatorship never again”

  

  Hundreds of protesters chanting “dictatorship never again” took to the streets of Brazil's capital on Sunday for the 55th anniversary of the coup that established more than two decades of military rule.

• Saturday, March 23rd 2019 - 09:02 UTC

  Petrobras reviewing a deal with China's CNPC to build an oil refinery

  

  Brazil's Petrobras is re-evaluating a preliminary deal with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) to build an oil refinery in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian economic newspaper Valor Economico reported on Thursday, citing a source from Petrobras’ management.

• Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 14:41 UTC

  Brazil: Former President Michel Temer is arrested

  

  Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was arrested on Thursday on corruption charges, a dramatic development in a sprawling corruption probe that has roiled Brazil has showed no sign of slowing.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 08:28 UTC

  Maracaná stadium returns to the government of Rio do Janeiro; private contract cancelled

  

  Rio de Janeiro state says it is taking over the running of Brazil's Maracanã stadium, canceling the contract of a private consortium. Governor Wilson Witzel said the decision would take effect on 17 April but would not disrupt football matches.

• Monday, February 11th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  Hundreds attend funeral of Flamengo 15 year old footballer killed in a fire at the training ground

  

  Hundreds of grief-stricken people on Sunday attended the funeral of 15-year-old Christian Esmerio Candido, one of the ten young soccer players killed in a fire at the training ground of Brazilian soccer club Flamengo.

• Saturday, January 5th 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  Dozens of tourists victims of mass robbery when climbing the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio

  

  Dozens of tourists hiking toward the famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro were held at gunpoint for up to two hours in a mass robbery that could mark an early test for anti-crime crackdowns promised by Brazil’s new president.

• Friday, December 28th 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  Netanyahu will visit president elect Bolsonaro this Friday in Rio

  

  Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has left on a historic six-day trip to Brazil, the first ever visit the largest Latin American country made by a sitting premier of the Jewish state. Besides boosting diplomatic and economic ties between the two countries, Netanyahu is scheduled to hold a one-to-one meeting with president-elect Jair Bolsonaro this Friday in Rio de Janeiro.