Barring the Weather, Brazil Is One of the World’s Worst Countries for Expats

There have been some big changes in expat opinions on living in Brazil in ...

FIFA Complains About Brazil’s Crime, Lack of Hotels, Buses and Good Airports

Jerome Valcke, FIFA’s general secretary, has warned Brazil of the increasing crime rate in ...

Mothers of the Plaza Sé in Brazil Want More Action to Find Disappeared Kids

The Brazilian Association for the Defense of Missing Children (ABCD), known as the Mothers ...

Five Environmental Activists Murdered in Brazil in Three Weeks

Another rural worker, Obede Loyla Souza, 31, the father of three children, was assassinated ...

Can Brazil Get Olympic Medal for Fighting Crime, Child Sex and Police Brutality?

With colorful and scandalous flourishes, in a nation where the bizarre is often normal, ...

Giuliani Comes to Rio for Another Assault on the Poor in the Name of Hygiene and Order

Well, it’s official. The city of Rio de Janeiro will probably hire Rudy Giuliani ...

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 ...

Israeli Drone to Police Rio’s Favelas in Cleaning Up Effort Before Olympics

Starting next month an unmanned "spy" aircraft will overfly the favelas (shantytowns) of Rio ...

Brazil Won’t Let the Gringos Win Olympic Medals, Says Brazilian President

During the inauguration of a remodeled sports and cultural complex at Mangueira's Olympic Village ...