Tag: Rio

Rio’s Police Massacre Leaves 132 Dead, Four of Them Policemen

A large-scale narcotics operation against the Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, crime syndicate in ...

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Mark Hallam
Presidents Xi Jinping and Lula signed dozens of bilateral agreements.

Brazil and China: A Marriage of Convenience

President Lula da Silva, together with his team, are to be congratulated for having ...

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Glauco Ortolano
Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva greets president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa. Joe Biden is on the left and China's Xi Jinping on the right. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert/PR

Brazil Promised a lot for G20. Did it Deliver?

The world’s many geopolitical crises and Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House ...

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Nik Martin
President Lula during the last G20 foreign ministers’ meeting at the UN in September. Next to him is South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who will take over the group’s presidency in December. Roberto Stuckert Filho / Presidência da República

Lula Continues Ambitious in His Desire to Lead the World, But It’s Not Easy to Talk Big to the Big Guys

The G20 Leaders’ Summit takes place on November 18 and 19, in Rio de ...

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Vinícius Rodrigues Vieira
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa attend the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Rio - Ricardo Moraes/REUTERS

G20 Host Brazil Pulling Out All the Stops to Make Meeting a Global Success

World leaders, including US President Joe Biden, China’s Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister ...

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Srinivas Mazumdaru
Marielle Franco was 38 at the time of her murder

Congressman and Former Rio Police Chief Arrested for Ordering Councilwoman Marielle Franco’s Murder

A Congressman and a former Rio de Janeiro police chief were arrested Sunday in ...

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The storyline of Grande Rio escola de samba was "Our destiny is to be jaguar"

Rio’s Samba Schools Hit the Books in Search of Inspiration for their Storylines

A good story can unfold in various forms, languages, and rhythms. In books, it ...

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Rafael Cardoso
A protester stands in front of the hotel where Brazil held an auction for oil and gas concession areas in Rio. Thomson Reuters Foundation /André Cabette

Activists Mad at Lula and Brazil for Over 600 Oil Concessions After All Promises at COP28

Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva urged countries to “work towards an economy ...

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Andre Cabette Fabio
Workers Party campaign rally in Rio de Janeiro with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on July 7, 2022

CINELANDIA SHINES FOR LULA: On Creating a Landscape for Reclamation and Reparation

A swell washed over one of Rio de Janeiro’s main squares, and morphed into ...

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Norman Madarasz
Health workers gather around an injured man in Rio

Police Raid Turns into a Massacre of 25 People in a Rio Favela

At least 25 people were dead and four hospitalized in the aftermath of a ...

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