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  • Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 10:31 UTC

    Police operation in Rio de Janeiro favelas leaves 10 killed

    At least 45 people have died in various police operations nationwide

    A police operation in Rio de Janeiro slums known as favelas aimed at “locating and arresting members of criminal groups” has left 10 people killed, according to local media reports, thus bringing to 45 the number of deaths in similar operations by security forces nationwide in the last six days.

  • Thursday, July 13th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    Over 43 million Brazilians cross poverty line, gov't says

    The federal government relaunched the Bolsa Família program in March

    Brazilian authorities announced Wednesday that over 43 million people –or 18.52 families– left the poverty line in June due to an increase in the allowances in the Bolsa Família welfare program, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Friday, March 24th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

    At least 13 dead in Brazilian favela police raid

    “All our armored vehicles and aircraft received several rifle shots,” he also pointed out, Police Spokesman Fabrício Oliveira told reporters.

    At least 13 people died Thursday after a law enforcement raid in a Brazilian favela (shantytown) located in Rio de Janeiro seeking to capture members of the so-called Comando Vermelho (Red Command) outlaw group.

  • Tuesday, March 21st 2023 - 09:55 UTC

    Enslaved Paraguayan workers freed in Rio de Janeiro

    The 19 Paraguayans had been brought in blindfolded and were not aware that they were in Rio de Janeiro

    Brazil's Federal Police Monday freed 19 Paraguayan nationals who were working at a Rio de Janeiro clandestine cigarette factory in slave-like conditions, Agencia Brasil reported. The workers arrived in Brazil blindfolded and did not even know they were in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, in Baixada Fluminense.

  • Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:07 UTC

    Six people missing after shipwreck off Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro

    Local authorities are searching for six adults, a teenager, and a child

    Wind-chill temperatures in Rio de Janeiro reached 58°C Saturday before a storm broke out, leaving eight people missing following a shipwreck off Guanabara Bay. It was the highest temperature since 2009 when wind-chill measurements started to be taken. By Sunday the temperature dropped to 41.1 °C amid a strong storm. The boat capsized at sea off Paquetá Island in the middle of the storm.

  • Friday, November 11th 2022 - 20:13 UTC

    COVID-19 cases in Brazil on the rise

    “As laboratory data takes longer to enter the system, it is expected that the numbers of cases in recent weeks will be higher,” the experts warned

    The Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) has warned of an alarming increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Brazilian States of Amazonas, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Rio Grande do Sul.

  • Monday, October 24th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

    Bolsonaro too close for Lula's comfort

    The incumbent president was reported to have won the past TV debate

    According to the most recent polls, incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro keeps narrowing the gap with the former head of state and challenger Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva ahead of the Oct. 30 runoffs.

  • Tuesday, October 4th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

    Rio de Janeiro records yet another monkeypox fatality

    There have been 3 monkeypox fatalities altogether in the country.

    State Health authorities in Rio de Janeiro Monday confirmed the second local death of a monkeypox patient. It was a 31-year-old man who had been hospitalized for over a month.

  • Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 10:08 UTC

    Rio de Janeiro says meningitis cases on the rise

    Vaccination will still be available even after the end of the national campaign, Rio de Janeiro authorities explained

    Health authorities in the Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro have announced the number of cases of meningitis recorded so far in 2022 already exceeds those detected all throughout 2021.

  • Monday, September 26th 2022 - 19:05 UTC

    Police raid in Rio favela leaves at least 3 dead

    Local militias play a key role less than one week before Sunday's presidential elections

    At least three people were killed Monday during a police raid at a Rio de Janeiro favela when law enforcement officers clashed with drug traffickers in the northern area of Brazil's former capital city where dozens of schools were closed. An injured suspect was also hospitalized, it was reported.