Tag: Rio de Janeiro

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

  Rio de Janeiro says meningitis cases on the rise

  

  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

  

  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.

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 07:30 UTC

  Brazil's Post Office launches stamps on Radio's first 100 years

  

  Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC) and the Post Office launched a stamp on Sept. 7 in Rio de Janeiro marking the 100th anniversary of the first radio broadcast in the country, exactly one century after the Declaration of Independence.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  German consul in Rio charged with husband's murder

  

  Germany's Consul in Rio de Janeiro Uwe Herbert Hahn has been formally indicted Monday for the August 5 murder of his husband, the Belgian national Walter Henri Maximilien Biot, in the couple's apartment.

• Saturday, August 27th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  German consul in Rio released from custody in husband's death probe

  

  Rio de Janeiro Judge Rosa Helena Macedo Guita from the 2nd Criminal Court Friday ordered the release of German Consul Uwe Herbert Hahn from custody after he had been arrested earlier this month in connection with his Belgian husband's death in fudgy circumstances.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2022 - 19:00 UTC

  Facial biometric boarding operational at Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo air shuttle

  

  Brazil Tuesday started using the facial biometric passenger boarding system for air shuttle (Ponte Aereo) passengers between Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo and the Santos Dumont terminal in downtown Rio de Janeiro.

• Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  German consul in Rio arrested over husband's murder

  

  Germany's Consul in Rio de Janeiro Uwe Herbert Hahn has been arrested over the death of his Belgian husband of 23 years, who fell from his Ipanema apartment after suffering a sudden illness, it was reported.

• Friday, July 22nd 2022 - 10:03 UTC

  Police raid leaves at least 18 dead in Rio de Janeiro favela

  

  At least 18 people died Thursday following a police raid in the Alemao favela in northern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's Civil Police authorities confirmed. It was the third deadliest operation in Rio de Janeiro in less than 14 months.

• Thursday, July 7th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  COVID-19 vaccination in Rio going on... but slowly

  

  Rio de Janeiro city health authorities Wednesday explained vaccination against COVID-19was going on at a pace slower than they would hope for, amid reports of a growing number of cases and the appearance of more contagious variants.

• Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Local transmission of monkeypox confirmed in Brazil

  

  The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro Friday confirmed the existence of local transmission of the monkeypox virus, after two more cases were detected in men aged 25 and 30 without either a recent travel record or contact with anyone with one.