Tag: Wilson Witzel

• Saturday, May 1st 2021 - 10:01 UTC

  Brazil: Court upholds impeachment of Rio de Janeiro Governor Witzel

  

  Former Governor of Rio de Janeiro Wilson Witzel's impeachment has been upheld unanimously Friday by the Special Mixed Court (TEM), which means he has been permanently relieved from office and is furthermore ineligible for the next five years.

• Saturday, August 29th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Rio do Janeiro governor removed from office for alleged corruption

  

  Brazil's High Court of Justice removed Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel from office on Friday, as police raided his official residence in a probe into accusations he stole emergency funds to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

• Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 12:22 UTC

  Impeachment proceedings against Rio do Janeiro Governor for allegedly funds' embezzlement

  

  The Rio de Janeiro state legislature voted on Wednesday to open impeachment proceedings against Governor Wilson Witzel over accusations he embezzled funds for fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 08:17 UTC

  Brazil Federal police raid residences of Rio governor on alleged corruption probe

  

  Brazilian federal police on Tuesday raided the residences of Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel as part of a COVID-19 corruption probe, targeting one of President Jair Bolsonaro's political foes as the pandemic sweeps the nation.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2020 - 08:19 UTC

  Rio do Janeiro authorities order people out of the beaches and closed Christ the Redeemer statue

  

  Anyone hoping to escape wall-to-wall coronavirus coverage with a day at the beach can forget about it in Rio de Janeiro, where authorities armed with megaphones blared out messages on Monday ordering everyone home.

• Thursday, January 16th 2020 - 08:28 UTC

  “Contaminated drinking water” in Rio: run on bottled-water in supermarkets

  

  Widespread complaints over foul-smelling drinking water in Rio de Janeiro have triggered a run on supermarket bottled water, though the public utility denied any health risk on Wednesday.

• Thursday, October 31st 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Bolsonaro threatens to cancel broadcaster license on a TV report linking his family to the killing of a Rio councilwoman

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday deplored a TV network’s report linking him with a former police officer accused of killing a Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman and threatened to cancel the broadcaster’s license.

• 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.