Tag: Rio
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 ...
In Stretch to the Olympics Rio Becomes Lab for Genocide and Social Control
The prospect of the FIFA World Cup in 2014 followed by the Olympic Games ...
Rio Hires New York’s Ex-Mayor to Make City Safer for Olympics
Former-mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, said Thursday, December 3, in Brazil, that the ...
300 Policemen Take Over Two Rio Favelas. Operation Olympic Clean Up Starts
With the occupation initiated this Monday, November 30, of the Pavão-Pavãozinho and Cantagalo favelas ...