Tag: Impunity

Military operation at favela Kelson's, in Rio de Janeiro. - Fernando Frazão/ABr

Brazil Breaks Own Record with 63,880 Murders in 2017 or 175 per Day

Brazil had a record number of murders last year, with homicides rising 3.7% from ...

Brazilian journalist Gleydson Carvalho killed while he was on air

Murder and Impunity: The Risky Business of Being a Journalist in Brazil

Brazil and Mexico are among the countries that saw the highest increases in impunity ...

A beetle from Brazil's Atlantic Forest

Sense of Impunity Leads to 60% Increase in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Deforestation

On May 29 the NGO SOS Mata Atlântica and the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas ...

Protesters in front of the Petrobras building - Tânia Rêgo

In Three Years, Car Wash Recovered US$ 3 Billion and Changed Brazil’s Impunity Image

This past Friday (March 17) marked the third anniversary of Brazil’s biggest-ever corruption and ...

UN Says Violence and Impunity Culture Still Persists in Brazil

On May 25 the Committee of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the United ...

Press Organization Lauds Brazil in Case of Fight Against Impunity

Paris-based international freedom of press organization Reporters Without Borders is hailing the progress being ...

13-Year-Old Case: Brazil Urged to Find Journalist’s Murderer

The murder of a Brazilian journalist still unpunished 13 years after it was committed  ...

Justice Can’t Be Blamed for Impunity in Brazil Says Judges Association

The performance of the Brazilian Judicial system in the agrarian conflicts does not stimulate ...

People on the Streets and Authorities Lambast Brazil’s Impunity

Members of the Brazilian Congress, representatives of the private sector and the Brazilian Bar ...