by admin | Mar 27, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] RIO DE JANEIRO: Dozens of kids and teenagers from Rio de Janeiro’s Mare neighborhood gathered for the launch of a book in which they show, with their own words and pictures, how violence in their poor, bayside community weighs on their young lives.The book,...
by admin | Feb 16, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] State public health workers in Rio de Janeiro are addressing a surge in dengue fever cases, a mosquito-borne illness, during Brazil’s tourist season.The team is searching for standing water where mosquitoes may have laid eggs.Brazil is vulnerable to...
by admin | Feb 6, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro has declared a public health emergency because of an outbreak of mosquito-borne dengue fever, the city said in its official gazette on Monday, just days before Carnival celebrations kick off across Brazil.But the outbreak...
by admin | Oct 10, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] Rio de Janeiro’s state government deployed hundreds of police officers early Monday to three of the city’s sprawling, low-income neighborhoods, saying it aimed to clamp down on organized crime groups.Security forces targeted not only the Mare...
by admin | Oct 5, 2023 | Worldnews
[ad_1] At least three doctors were shot dead beside a beach in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro.The attack, which led to the death of a federal lawmaker’s brother, may have been politically motivated.Another doctor was also shot but was taken to a hospital for...