The Celaya police are pursued by crime: ‘It’s a war against a guerrilla army’: Since 2022, officers and criminals have been fighting an all-out battle in one of ...
english.elpais.com/international/2024-03-11/the-celaya-police-are-pursued-by-crime-its-a-war-against-a-guerrilla-army.html
Tragic Bus Overturn in Brazil’s Pelotas Injuring over 40: On Sunday, in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, a tourist bus overturned, resulting in two fatalities ...
riotimesonline.com/tragic-bus-overturn-in-brazils-pelotas-injuring-over-40/
Brazil cracks down as wildcat miners in the Amazon shift their operations: Deep in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil is fighting destructive wildcat gold mining as ...
reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-cracks-down-wildcat-miners-amazon-shift-their-operations-2023-12-28/
Federal Forces Continue Protecting Rio de Janeiro: In the latest Rio news, On Tuesday, November 14, 2023, Brazil's Justice Minister Flávio Dino announced an ...
riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/federal-forces-continue-keeping-rio-safer/
Ex-Brazil highway police chief arrested in vote interference probe: The former head of Brazil's Federal Highway Police was arrested on Wednesday in an ...
reuters.com/world/americas/former-brazil-highway-police-chief-arrested-vote-interference-probe-source-2023-08-09/
Quick Glance: Former Brazil Highway Police Chief Arrested for Vote Interference
- The former head of Brazil's Federal Highway Police was arrested for alleged interference in the 2022 presidential election runoff.
- During the October vote, highway police conducted operations and roadblocks in northeastern Brazil that caused delays for some voters reaching polling stations.
- The arrest of former chief Silvinei Vasques was made after a request by the Federal Police as part of an investigation into the use of state resources to interfere in the runoff.
- According to a police statement, the Federal Highway Police deployed human and material resources to hinder voter transit.
Brazil: 4 Killed in Crackdown on Illegal Mines in Yanomami Territory: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
occrp.org/en/daily/17584-brazil-4-killed-in-crackdown-on-illegal-mines-in-yanomami-territory
Truck and bus crash leaves at least eight dead in Brazil - The Rio Times: At least eight people were killed and ten others injured in a collision this Sunday ...
riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/truck-and-bus-crash-leaves-at-least-eight-dead-in-brazil/
Bolsonaro's ex-justice minister arrested in Brazilian capital: Brazil's former Justice Minister Anderson Torres, who was in charge of public security in Brasilia ...
reuters.com/world/americas/bolsonaros-ex-justice-minister-torres-arrested-brazilian-capital-2023-01-14/
Quick Glance: Bolsonaro's presidential credit card settlement: 20,000 euros at a restaurant, 200,000 euros for a Christmas vacation
- Almost five million euros were spent on former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's official credit card during his reign.
- According to the report, the credit card was used by 21 members of his team in addition to Bolsonaro to spend a total of 27.6 million reals.
- For example, during Bolsonaro's official Christmas vacations in 2019, 2020, and 2021, he spent approximately 217,000 euros.
- 65,000 euros were spent in the bakery.
Police record lowest numbers of drink-drivers in winter campaign: The Federal Police’s BOB drink-driving national alcohol testing campaign recorded the lowest ...
brusselstimes.com/belgium/364346/police-record-lowest-numbers-of-drink-drivers-in-winter-campaign
Integration Bridge, in Foz do Iguaçu, may be open to traffic in April - The Rio Times
riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/miscellaneous/integration-bridge-in-foz-do-iguacu-may-be-open-to-traffic-in-april/
Brazil police find draft decree in ex-minister's house to revert election – sources
rappler.com/world/latin-america/police-find-draft-decree-ex-minister-torres-house-revert-election-brazil/
Brazil: Lula da Silva dismisses the heads of the Federal Police of 18 states - The Rio Times
riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/brazil-lula-da-silva-dismisses-the-heads-of-the-federal-police-of-18-states/
Brazil cannot afford to let Bolsonaro off the hook — #AJOpinion by Raphael Tsavkko Garcia ➡️ https://aje.io/33foa8
Find a BOB: The weekend against drink-driving: The police hope that by announcing the initiative ahead of time people will be more aware of designating drivers ...
brusselstimes.com/belgium/351650/find-a-bob-the-weekend-against-drink-driving
Brazilian Ministry of Justice starts Operation Presidential inauguration 2023 and authorizes the use of the National Force - The Rio Times
riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/brazilian-ministry-of-justice-starts-operation-presidential-inauguration-2023-and-authorizes-the-use-of-the-national-force/
Police record again blockades on federal highways by Brazilian Spring protesters - The Rio Times
riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/police-record-again-blockades-on-federal-highways-by-brazilian-spring-protesters/
More and more roads blocked in Brazil amid popular uprising called 'Brazilian Spring'; port of Santos affected - The Rio Times
riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/more-and-more-roads-blocked-in-brazil-by-angry-truckers-amid-popular-uprising-called-brazilian-spring/
Lula defeats Bolsonaro to win third term as Brazil’s president: Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reclaimed the office Sunday on pledges to defend ...
washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/30/lula-wins-brazil-election/
Quick Glance: Brazil's flamboyant President Bolsonaro remains silent after election defeat
- Bolsonaro, on the other hand, delayed more than a month to congratulate Biden on his 2020 triumph over Trump.
- Bolsonaro, like Trump, could face legal problems.
- An independent political expert, Thomas Traumann, linked the situation to Biden's victory: Da Silva, like the president of the United States, inherits a very divided country.
- "We faced the machine of the Brazilian state put at his service so we could not win the election," da Silva told the crowd in Sao Paulo during his victory speech.
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro Finally Speaks But Doesn't Concede Election Loss: The far-right leader didn't directly mention the results, but his chief of staff said ...
huffpost.com/entry/jair-bolsonaro-election-far-right-brazil-lula-da-silva_n_63615110e4b0ff210e67e1af
Quick Glance: Trump, Johnson, and now Bolsonaro are all gone.
- What is astonishing in Brazil is how quickly public discourse was turned upside down in the world's fifth-largest democracy.
- He later deleted the tweet without apologizing or explaining himself, implying that his adherence to truth and "absolutist free speech" may not be that absolute.
- Lula's victory last Saturday was far from certain; he won by less than 2%.
- There's also the reality that when Brazil was on its knees, a very bizarre alliance of anyone-but-Bolsonaro bedfellows banded together under Lula.
Brazil's Bolsonaro urges protesters to lift road blockades: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for the first time on Wednesday asked protesters blocking roads ...
reuters.com/world/americas/brazilian-authorities-make-headway-clearing-pro-bolsonaro-blockades-2022-11-02/
Quick Glance: Jair Bolsonaro reportedly admits election defeat amid widespread protests
- A Jair Bolsonaro supporter in fatigues kneels with his arms wide in front of Brazilian national flags.
- Brazil's incumbent President, Jair Bolsonaro, appears to have acknowledged defeat, telling members of the Supreme Court that "it's over."
- After meeting privately with Bolsonaro, Supreme Court Justice Luiz Edson Fachin stated that the hardline leader had confessed "it is over."
- Tensions have risen in Bolsonaro strongholds since then.
Brazil's Bolsonaro urges protesters to lift road blockades: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for the first time on Wednesday asked protesters blocking roads ...
reuters.com/world/americas/brazilian-authorities-make-headway-clearing-pro-bolsonaro-blockades-2022-11-02/
Quick Glance: The Challenges That Brazil's Lula Will Face: A Damaged Economy and a Deeply Divided Nation
- His tight victory in the second round run-off election was the narrowest margin of victory in a presidential election since Brazil reverted to democracy in the late 1980s.
- Lula, for his part, chastised Bolsonaro for his handling of the COVID-19 crisis, in which Brazil had the second-highest national death toll after the US.
- Bolsonaro might repeat what he stated after the last debate ("whoever has the most votes takes the election") and admit defeat.
- Candidates supporting Bolsonaro won 11 of the 27 state governorships, while candidates supporting Lula won only eight.
‘Save this country’: Brazil grapples with trust on heels of Lula victory: Mistrust in democracy is on full display following incumbent Bolsonaro’s electoral ...
csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2022/1104/Save-this-country-Brazil-grapples-with-trust-on-heels-of-Lula-victory
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Brazilian Left Alleges Voter Suppression as Police Highway Stops Soar 80% on Election Day
commondreams.org/news/2022/10/30/brazilian-left-alleges-voter-suppression-police-highway-stops-soar-80-election-day
Pro-Bolsonaro roadblocks slowly disperse in Brazil as Lula transition begins: Protests on Brazil’s highways began to fizzle out on Thursday after far-right ...
english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2022/11/04/Pro-Bolsonaro-roadblocks-slowly-disperse-in-Brazil-as-Lula-transition-begins
Bolsonaro's gun laws arm Brazil's brazen bank thieves: In August last year, Brazilian farmer Reinaldo Huijsmans reported a break-in at his house in the town of ...
reuters.com/world/americas/bolsonaros-gun-laws-arm-brazils-brazen-bank-thieves-2022-09-21/
Pro Bolsonaro group blocks Brazil's border with Venezuela - The Rio Times: A day after contesting the reported victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT ...
riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/pro-bolsonaro-group-blocks-brazils-border-with-venezuela/
After days of chaos, Brazil begins to return to normalcy - The Rio Times: According to the Federal Highway Police PRF, until early last night (Nov. 3) ...
riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/after-days-of-chaos-brazil-begins-to-return-to-normalcy/
Brazil's Supreme Court orders unblocking of highways paralyzed by Bolsonarist truck drivers - The Rio Times
riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/brazil/brazils-supreme-court-orders-unblocking-of-highways-paralyzed-by-bolsonarist-truck-drivers/
Cops seeking witnesses to fatal Federal Highway hit-and-run: SHAH ALAM: Witnesses to a fatal hit-and-run case along the Federal Highway early Sunday (July 24) ...
thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/07/24/cops-seeking-witnesses-to-fatal-federal-highway-hit-and-run
Police in Brazil gas man to death in trunk of car, video appears to show: Relatives of Jesus Santos, 38, say a video shared widely on social media captures his ...
washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/26/brazil-police-gas-killing-jesus-santos/
Police in Brazil filmed ‘gassing mentally ill man to death in boot of car’: Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, 38, was stopped by federal police in the city of Umbaúba ...
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/brazil-mentally-ill-black-man-death-gas-b2088582.html
Man dies in Brazilian police custody after being restrained in car filled with unknown gas
cnn.com/2022/05/27/americas/brazil-police-car-gas-intl/
Shock over Brazil police 'torture, executions' in drug raid: RIO DE JANEIRO: Bodies from a Rio de Janeiro police raid that left more than 20 alleged ...
channelnewsasia.com/world/shock-over-brazil-police-torture-executions-drug-raid-2711486
The struggle against racism is far from confined to the US: On the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, another black man was slaughtered by police ...
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/struggle-against-racism-far-confined-us
Brazil's Bolsonaro defends police after custody death: President Jair Bolsonaro defended Brazil's federal highway police Monday after officers were accused ...
batimes.com.ar/news/latin-america/brazils-bolsonaro-defends-police-after-custody-death.phtml
Outrage in Brazil as man dies in police car ‘gas chamber’: A preliminary autopsy concluded the man died of respiratory failure due to ‘mechanical asphyxia’
standard.co.uk/news/world/brazil-police-death-black-man-car-umbauba-genivaldo-de-jesus-santo-b1002780.html
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