The first major parade of the samba schools in the Brazilian metropolis of Rio de Janeiro started with a considerable delay due to severe weather. The street in the 'Sambódromo' is due to the heavy thunderstorm...
The fire on the training complex of football club Flamengo, which killed ten young footballers, was caused by a peak in the electricity supply.
A fire at the youth training center of the Brazilian football club Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro killed ten people. Three people have been injured.
The death toll due to a landslide in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro has risen to fourteen. On Sunday morning four bodies were recovered, reported the newspaper O Globo.
At a landslide in a suburb of the Brazilian metropolis Rio de Janeiro, at least ten people were killed. On pictures you can see how the ground was beaten away a few meters.
The stabbed Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro left the Einstein hospital in São Paulo after 23 days. That is what Brazilian media report. According to a report in the daily newspaper O Globo, the extreme right-wing ex-soldier wanted to fly to Río de Janeiro on Saturday, where he lives.
A large fire destroyed a large part of the Brazilian National Museum in Rio de Janeiro. The museum was no longer open when the fire started and according to reports there were no casualties.
The Brazilian police have the 'plastic surgeon' Dr. Bumbum arrested. He was wanted in connection with the death of one of his patients who had his buttocks enlarged in his apartment. The police in Rio de Janeiro announced the arrest of Denis Cesar Barros Furtado, who is a well-known personality in Brazil, on Twitter. His mother has also been arrested, reports the newspaper O Globo.
A Brazilian court sentenced the former businessman and billionaire Eike Batista to thirty years in prison for bribery. The former mining and oil magnate has, according to the court, the then governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Cabral, converted 15.5 million euro bribes paid.
Prisoners in a heavily overpopulated Milton Dias Moreira prison in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have revolted and hold an unknown number of guards and staff members hostage.
The Brazilian army is trying to maintain public order in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The state is slightly larger than our country and has almost as many inhabitants.
A hard-driving car was ridden in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on hikers who were present in large numbers on the footpath of the famous Copacabana. An eight-month-old baby did not survive the incident. At least 15 people were also injured so badly that they had to go to the hospital.
The infamous commando unit of the police in Rio de Janeiro (BOPE) has propagated the Christmas message in a special way. An armed Santa wanted the residents of the Brazilian metropolis a 'Merry Christmas.' In addition to a white beard and red suit, the disguised agent also wore a bulletproof vest and an automatic rifle.
The police in Rio de Janeiro shot a Spanish tourist when she did not stop a police barrier with her car in a slum area.
Google is going to help car drivers find a car park. The tech giant has rolled out a new version of Google Maps containing two new features.
Like every year, UNESCO, the UN's cultural subdivision, has again selected this year from the numerous applications for World Heritage status. Seventeen places last week received the coveted status, including the Palestinian city of Hebron, to the great horror of the Israelis who believe that the city is more in Jewish history than in Islamic. Election often means that the place can expect a lot of tourists, even though some places are unsuitable for this, for example, nature reserve.
Justice in Brazil has issued arrest warrant for 95 police officers in Rio de Janeiro who would have provided weapons to drug gangs. They would also have tipped the gangs about police operations.
In the protest-stricken Venezuela, the tear gas raises. The authorities have ordered a new quantity from a Brazilian manufacturer, but for the time being, the country does not enter.
Following a call from unions and social organizations, in some fifteen Brazilian cities protesters have gone up the road to demand the resignation of President Michel Temer. The newspaper Jornal O Globo reported that there were demonstrations in, among others, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Recife and Belo Horizonte.
Brazilian businessman Eike Batista is awaiting the remaining period of his trial at home. The Supreme Court in Brazil ruled Friday that Batista, who has been in forearm since January, should be released.
This year so far slain in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, 51 police officers. That's a record for the period since tracking those numbers began 23 years ago.
At a large carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro has a driver of a vehicle, part of the procession, the power lost over the wheel and crashed into the audience. There were at least four wounded. A man was crushed between a gate and the heavy car.
The lingering recession hangs this year as a shadow over the Carnival celebrations. As some fifty municipalities throughout the country have canceled the whole party, because money for more pressing matters need such as a new ambulance, Brazilian media reported.
Thousands of spectators, athletes and cheers have in Rio de Janeiro given way to silence and decay. The site, where last year a summer Olympics were held, is abandoned, the lawns are discolored and the pools filled with dirty water.
The Brazilian government has also army units mobilized to improve security in Rio de Janeiro in the run-up to the world-famous carnival. In total, 9,000 soldiers are deployed to contain violence, especially now threatening police strikes.
In nearly five days of strike by police in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, 87 people brought violence to life. Most of those injured in the capital Vitoria, authorities reported Wednesday. Espíritu Santo on the southeast coast is slightly larger than our country and has around four million inhabitants.
Brazilian President Michel Temer Monday army units to Espirito Santo sent to put an end to the chaos. This came about because the police in the small state north of Rio de Janeiro Friday resigned effort to underline its salary demands. The regional government says it is prevented by the ongoing crisis salary increases. There is no money.
A plane with a member of the Brazilian Supreme Court has crashed Thursday off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state. The unit ended up in the sea in the tourist town of Paraty, sources say.
A gang of criminals in Brazil have robbed a diamond mine. Which reported the news portal G1 Monday, relying on information from the police. More than twenty heavily armed men insisted Sunday the Brauna property in Nordestina, 750 kilometers north of Rio de Janeiro, inside. They opened the safe using explosives.
