Tag: violence
French Musician Murdered in Brazil While on Tour with His Band
The same day three Brazilian men accused of knifing to death three French nationals ...
Brazil’s Poor Are Too Peaceful While Their Kids Starve do Death Amid Plenty
Recent studies show that a Brazilian prisoner is twice as likely to have come ...
Clashes with Police and 22 Injured in Anti-Bush Protests in Brazil
United States president George Bush arrived late Thursday to São Paulo for a 24-hour ...
Murder in Brazil Is Not Just a Big-City Problem Anymore
It's common knowledge that while Brazil's largest cities, like São Paulo, Rio and Salvador, ...
Enough Already of Pretending Brazil Doesn’t Need a Revolution
Enough already of all the cruelty. Of bus passengers burned alive, of young people ...
9 Killed in Massacres in Sí£o Paulo, Brazil, This Weekend
Massacres are not big news in São Paulo, Brazil's and South America's largest city, ...
Brazilian Inmates Terrorize, “Kidnap” and Kill by Phone
Brazil's latest creative contribution to crime comes from inside Brazilian prisons. It's the dial-a-kidnapping, ...
Medieval Murder in Brazil Highlights Rio Brutality
With only days remaining until the start of Carnaval, and after weeks of escalating ...
Paulo Coelho Talks About Brazil’s Violence and Sounds Gloomy and Hopeless
Worldwide bestseller and Brazil's best-known writer overseas, novelist Paulo Coelho, the author of The Alchemist, ...
Death of 6-year-old Boy Dragged Through Rio’s Streets Horrifies Brazil
Brazil is in mourning. The death of a little boy dragged for several miles ...