Tag: Bahia State

By Stephanie Foden, Contributing Reporter SALVADOR, BRAZIL – Around fifty million people in northeastern Brazil were affected by a regionwide blackout on Wednesday afternoon. The power outage was the result of a manmade fire in a rural area of Piauí...

By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Arena Fonte Nova, located in the northeastern city of Salvador, has been damaged by the incessant rain that struck the city last Sunday. One of the 36 roof...

By Stephen Eisenhammer, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Petrobrás, Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, is suspected of inadvertently funding a political campaign of the ruling Worker’s Party (PT) through a contract with local NGO, Pangea, current affairs magazine Epoca...

By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The U.S. Embassy in Brazil has issued travel advice urging its citizens to postpone any non-essential travel to Salvador and the surrounding state of Bahia following the unrest caused...