Tag: army
Olympics: Out of the Bottle, the Genie of Fear Is Loose on the Streets of Rio
The Olympics remains a black hole of needless expenditure, sucking services into it with ...
Brazil’s Truth Commission Wants Armed Forces to Tell Truth About Torture
Brazil’s National Truth Commission (CNV) wants the Army, Air Force and Navy commands to ...
Brazil President Predicts Protests Will Go Away Once World Cup Starts
Dilma Rousseff, the president of Brazil, confided during dinner with sports journalists that she ...
One Hour of War: That’s All Brazil Has Ammunition for
The National Defense Strategy (END) plan signed by former president Luiz Inácio Lula da ...
Striking Police in Bahia, Brazil, Warn: “Expect a Bloodbath If They Evict Us”
Brazilian Army troops locked down the northeast Brazilian city of Salvador on Sunday as ...
Brazilian Army to Get Made-in-Brazil Battle-Tested Missiles
Brazil gave a clear signal this week that is intends to advance in the ...
Brazil Sends Troops to Amazon to Protect Rural Workers on Loggers’ Death List
This past weekend, Brazil’s National Public Security Force agents escorted a group of nine ...
Brazilian Army Helps Rio Police Take Back Favelas Occupied by Drug Lords
With the help of 800 men from the Brazilian Army, the Rio de Janeiro ...
Brazil Surrounds Haiti’s National Palace with Tanks and Hands Out Food
In a show of power, Brazil’s Armed Forces held on Friday their biggest relief ...
Why Can’t Brazilian Generals Admit Their Guilt in Human Rights Violations?
Two days before Christmas, when bells were already ringing, President Lula heard a distant ...