Tag: Salvador

• Wednesday, December 18th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Chinese consortium wins contract to build and operate Brazil's second longest bridge

  

  A consortium of state-owned Chinese companies was awarded the contract to build and operate what will be the second-longest bridge in Brazil. Under the project, a bridge will be built spanning the famed Bay of All Saints, which connects Salvador, the capital of the northeastern Bahia state, with Itaparica Island. The project also involves the construction of related roads.

• Saturday, May 26th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  China electric monorail system, cheaper than metro, for a major Brazilian city

  

  BYD, China’s biggest electric vehicle maker by sales, signed a 2.5 billion Brazilian real (US$ 689 million) deal this week to build a monorail system in Brazil’s Salvador city, the firm said. It’s the company’s biggest overseas monorail investment yet, according to a company spokesperson. Construction will start on the 20-kilometer route this year, and it’s expected to begin operations in 2021.

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 06:40 UTC

  Brazil sends elite force to quash police strikers entrenched in city of Salvador

  

  Troops locked down the northeast Brazilian city of Salvador on Sunday as an elite unit prepared to besiege the legislature and arrest armed police officers whose strike action has sent homicides spiralling.

• Sunday, February 5th 2012 - 07:55 UTC

  Crime rate soars in Brazilian state of Bahia on fifth day of police strike

  

  The murder rate in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia has soared during a state police strike that on Saturday entered its fourth day. The state’s Public Safety Department says on its website that 51 people have been murdered in and near the capital city of Salvador since the strike began on Wednesday.