Tag: Rio
Overcrowding and Lack of Maintenance Leave 5 Dead in Rio’s Charming Trolley Car
The Santa Teresa trolley car, one of Rio de Janeiro’s postcard attractions, had an ...
Rio Favelas Celebrate 6 Months Free of Druglords
There were celebration this past weekend in the hillside slums of Penha and Morro ...
Brazil Is Example of Democracy for Arab World, Says Obama in Rio
US President Barack Obama, in a show of support for Brazil’s rising global economic ...
Rio’s Killing Floods a Once-in-5-Centuries Event, Say Brazilian Experts
Brazil’s rains of January 12, followed by flooding and mudslides that killed over 900 ...
Flood: Rio’s Tragedy Expected to Reach at Least 1,500 Deaths
The death toll in Rio’s hilly regions destroyed by the rains and mudslides in ...
War Operation with Almost 3,000 Men Take Rio Favela Back from Drug Traffickers
The Rio police signaled the success of retaking from the drug lords the huge ...
With 400 Feared Killed by Rains, Rio’s Governor Blames All of Society for Tragedy
With rescuers racing against time amid fading hopes of finding survivors of a huge ...
While Death Toll Rises to Over 180, in Rio, Forecast is for Continued Rain
Rio’s rains now have killed at least 180 people and over 14,000 were left ...
200 People Feared Killed Under Mudslide in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro
200 people may have been killed in a landslide in a Rio de Janeiro ...
Rio Breaks Down. Heaviest Rain in Decades Kills Over 100
At least 102 peoople have been killed by landslides and floods set off by ...
