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Brazil 's Supreme Court postponed on Thursday a decision on who will be governor of Rio de Janeiro state, extending a three-week crisis in the country's postcard region. Rio has had no governor ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Politics: Lula asks US to send ex-intelligence chief to Brazil after ICE arrest
Brazilian congressman and ex-intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem delivers a speech during a rally to support his candidacy to become Rio de Janeiro's mayor in the upcoming municipal election, in Rio ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Politics: US interest in Brazil’s critical minerals exposes legal and political gaps
As two presidential pre-candidates pitch Brazil as a partner, the country is still trying to define how to regulate, license and govern a sector increasingly treated as strategic.
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Politics: Behind Rio’s deadly raid: Brazil’s billion-dollar criminal networks
Militariy police officers patrol during "Operation Containment" in Rio de Janeiro's Complexo da Penha on October 28. - Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys.
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Politics: Washington praises police massacre in Rio in Trump’s new political intervention in Brazil
Dozens of bodies laid out in the Penha favela of northern Rio de Janeiro following the October 28 massacre [Photo: Tomaz Silva /Agência Brasil] On Wednesday, the US government sent a letter to Rio de ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Politics: Brazil's top labour inspector fired for adding China's BYD to 'dirty list', sources say
Brazil's secretary of labour inspection was fired for adding Chinese automaker BYD to a registry of employers accused of subjecting workers to conditions described by the government as similar to ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Politics: Brazil’s Supreme Court convicts 5 in Rio councilwoman Franco's killing
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A five-judge panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously voted to convict those accused of plotting the 2018 killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco ...
News Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Politics: Brazil's Supreme Court delays decision on Rio de Janeiro governorship, prolonging political uncertainty
Brazil's Supreme Court has postponed a decision regarding the governorship of Rio de Janeiro, prolonging the political crisis in the region as issues of governance remain unresolved.