Tag: Rio de Janeiro

• 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.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 08:35 UTC

  Bolsonaro supports Rio to host the F1 Grand Prix starting 2021; Sao Paulo refuses to yield

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday there is a “99% chance” that Rio de Janeiro will host Formula One's Brazilian Grand Prix starting in 2021 -- the latest in a battle with Sao Paulo, the current host city.

• Saturday, June 22nd 2019 - 08:56 UTC

  Brazilian evangelical pastor and husband of a lawmaker killed by two of 51 adopted children

  

  Police in Brazil suspects an evangelical pastor, the husband of a prominent federal lawmaker, was shot dead this week by two of their 55 children following an extramarital “betrayal,” according to news reports on Friday.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 08:45 UTC

  Brazil will ban violent foreign fans from the Copa America next month

  

  Copa America hosts Brazil will stop known violent foreign fans from entering the country for the South American football tournament starting next month, officials said on Monday. Troublesome supporters identified by border control and immigration officers will be turned back, the justice and public security ministry said. The order takes immediate effect.

• Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  Brazilian F1 Grand Prix will move from Sao Paulo to Rio do Janeiro in 2020

  

  The Brazilian Grand Prix will move next year to a new purpose-built circuit in Rio de Janeiro that could be named after Ayrton Senna, the country’s president revealed on Wednesday. Amid uncertainty over the long term future of the current event in Interlagos is Sao Paulo, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said that a switch of venues would happen in 2020 when the event moves to Rio.

• Wednesday, May 8th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  Hundreds march in Rio to protest education federal funding cuts by Bolsonaro's administration

  

  Hundreds of students and professors protested against public education funding cuts outside a military high school in Brazil where far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was attending a ceremony. Bolsonaro’s conservative government sparked outrage last week when it revealed at least 30% cuts to the annual budgets of federally funded high schools and universities.

• Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  Collapsed buildings in Rio's favelas were under protection of organized crime

  

  Brazilian authorities say they knew about structural risks in the area where a pair of buildings collapsed but were unable to act due to the threat posed by organized crime.

• Monday, April 15th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Brazilian president Bolsonaro clarifies his remarks on the Holocaust

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has clarified remarks he made on Friday about the Holocaust which were vehemently condemned by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center and Israel's President Reuven Rivlin.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Caimans on the loose in flash flooded Rio's favelas

  

  Residents of a hillside Rio de Janeiro favela risk finding hungry caimans at their front door after the city was hit hard by heavy flooding caused by torrential rain.

• 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%.