Rocinha has for years been one of Rio’s safest favelas. Its descent into internecine bloodshed is indicative of how much the city has unraveled. The Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Fernando Pezão, ...

It was a great pleasure to meet you and your team at the Ministério Público in Rio de Janeiro last month. I am sorry we were unable to accept your invitation to attend your inaugural ceremony, but ...

A Datafolha survey shows that the current wave of violence in Rio de Janeiro has made a major part of its population want to leave the city. Seventy-two percent of the city's residents say that, if ...

Since the beginning of 2024, satellite monitoring by the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) has detected 760 fires in the state of Rio de Janeiro. This marks the highest number of fires ...

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