More Minha Casa Minha Vida Fraud: Daily
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Allegations of fraud continue in Brazil as some low income familes in the northern state of Pará remain without the homes they were promised after registering for the major government public housing program, Minha Casa Minha Vida (My House My Life). Problems have been reported [...]
Security Centers Open in Rio de Janeiro
By Anna Kaiser, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Two state-of-the-art security centers have opened in Rio de Janeiro this month in the city’s continued effort to improve safety for the Confederations Cup and Catholic World Youth Day. The Integrated Center for Security and Control (CICC) was inaugurated last Friday and the Coordination Center [...]
Brazil Struggles to Reduce Child Labor
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The minimum legal working age in Brazil is sixteen, with some specific internships allowed from fourteen, but there are around 3.7 million working minors in the country, according to the 2011 National Survey of Households, conducted by the IBGE. More worryingly, as many as 1.97 [...]
Indigenous Groups Occupy Ranches: Daily
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Indigenous activists have occupied a number of ranches in Mato Grosso do Sul state, located in Brazil’s Center-West region, in a long-running dispute over territory they consider their ancestral homelands. Terena Indians recaptured the Buriti and Esperança ranches on Friday in the Sidrolândia area, some [...]
Tourist Shot in Rocinha Favela: Daily
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A German tourist was shot and seriously wounded on Friday, May 30th in Rocinha, Rio’s largest favela and increasingly popular destination for visitors to the city. As of Sunday morning, a 16-year-old had confessed to shooting the tourist, but investigations are ongoing as local authorities [...]
U.S. Vice President Speaks in Rio: Daily
By Anna Kaiser, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – United States Vice President Joe Biden praised Brazil’s impressive development and reaffirmed the Obama administration’s commitment to build a prosperous relationship with the country in his speech at Mauá Pier in Rio de Janeiro’s Port Zone yesterday morning. Biden assured the audience of about 250 [...]
Gunfire at Complexo do Alemão Race
By Maria Lopez Conde, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Civil Police in Rio have identified those responsible for firing shots just twenty minutes before a scheduled “Desafio da Paz” (Peace Challenge) run in the Complexo do Alemão favela community last Sunday. The shooting spread fear among the runners who had gathered at [...]
U.S. Vice President Biden Visits Brazil
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, is in Brazil this week, as part of a South American tour which also includes a visit to Colombia. The Vice President’s visit to Brazil is of the highest-ranking U.S. official since President Obama traveled to [...]
Brazil to Cancel US$900M in African Debt
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – In the latest in a raft of measures to strengthen economic and diplomatic ties between Brazil and Africa, Brazil will write off or restructure US$900 million (R$1.8 billion) in African debt. President Dilma Rousseff announced the measure during an official visit to Ethiopia over the weekend [...]
New U.S. Citizen Services Tech in Brazil
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – When traveling or living abroad, access to continuously updated safety, security and general information can help travelers and residents stay informed. For U.S. citizens in Brazil, the U.S. Government recently launched both a new Brazil specific Twitter feed and a free Smart Traveler app. To [...]
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