cross-referenced news and research resources about
Brazil municipalities (cities, towns and villages)
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updated Thu. July 18, 2024
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Bitter And Blue (blog)
March 23, 2018
FULL-TIME, Russia 0-3 Brazil: Gabriel Jesus was very quiet and nearly suffered a bad ankle injury thanks to an awful challenge from a Russian defender, plus Ederson and Fernandinho were on the bench all game and never came on. So not a great game for Manchester City fans, but there is a bigÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 23, 2018
Week in pictures: From Newroz celebrations to Brazil protests ... The newly released Dapchi schoolgirls in Jumbam village, Yobe State, Nigeria. ... downtown Rio de Janeiro, during a protest against the death of Councilwoman Marielle Franco, who was killed by two unidentified attackers in the Brazilian city.
TIME
March 23, 2018
Supporters Demand Answers After the Murder of Marielle Franco, Brazil's Rising Political Star ... Brazilian authorities are facing mounting pressure to identify those responsible for the murder of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman and rights activist Marielle Franco, who was gunned down last week in whatÃâà...
The Guardian
March 22, 2018
As pressure grows on the authorities in Brazil to find the killers of Rio de Janeiro councillor Marielle Franco, an open letter by international activists, writers, ... had denounced killings blamed on police and was in charge of a city council commission monitoring the Brazilian government's “federal intervention”Ãâà...
WTHITV.com
March 20, 2018
"Brazil used to be a really nice town and now there is more and more abandoned houses." Wyndham says they are currently in the process of tearing down six vacant homes. Homes, like the one Black lives next to, has been marked an unsafe building. This gives city officials to take action. "We don't wantÃâà...
Amnesty International
March 16, 2018
The targeted assassination of Marielle Franco, a 38-year-old human rights defender and city councilor known for denouncing police abuses and extrajudicial executions, is a sickening development that must be fully investigated, said Amnesty International today. Marielle was shot dead in Rio de Janeiro'sÃâà...
Kuwait Times
March 16, 2018
PACARAIMA: The remote Brazilian town of Pacaraima is used to outsiders-tourists curious about spectacular nearby mountains-but a sea of ... Most Venezuelans arriving in Pacaraima try to move straight on to the nearest sizeable city in Brazil's Roraima state, Boa Vista, where much of the refugee aid isÃâà...
BBC News
March 16, 2018
... other cities across Brazil have taken to the streets to mourn a murdered politician who had campaigned against police brutality. Marielle Franco, a 38-year-old Rio city councillor, was viewed by many as a champion of women's rights. Ms Franco and her driver were both shot dead while in her car on Wednesday. BrazilianÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 10, 2018
These municipalities are located in a range of 96 and 162 kilometers from the city of Rio de Janeiro. In Minas Gerais, 28.3% of the confirmed cases reside in municipalities located south and southeast of the city of Belo Horizonte, and where no human cases were detected during the outbreak in theÃâà...
The Week UK
March 9, 2018
A new report charting murder rates around the world has revealed that Los Cabos in Mexico is the deadliest city on Earth, with a staggering 111.33 ... Brazil remains the country with the most entries in the top 50, with a hefty 17 cities making the list, including Natal (4th, 102.56), Fortaleza (7th, 83.48) andÃâà...
The Independent
March 3, 2018
Two British tourists have been shot in a Brazilian city as muggers riding a motorcycle tried to snatch their belongings. Police said the two men, who are brothers aged 20 and 26, were attacked while walking back to their hotel in the northeastern city of Porto Seguro on Friday. The victims told investigatorsÃâà...
CIDRAP
February 28, 2018
New information from the World Health Organization (WHO) confirms that Brazil's ongoing yellow fever outbreak is centered in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Minas Gerais states, with many infections occurring near the country's largest cities. "Unlike the previous seasonal period, the current seasonalÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
At least 1,000 people marched in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to protest the recent killing of Marielle Franco, a city councilwoman and human rights activist, according to The Associated Press. Ms. Franco and her driver, Anderson Pedro Gomes, were shot dead by assailants on Wednesday night whileÃâà...
Journalducameroun.com
December 31, 1999
The remote Brazilian town of Pacaraima is used to outsiders — tourists curious about spectacular nearby mountains — but a sea of Venezuelan refugees is ... Most Venezuelans arriving in Pacaraima try to move straight on to the nearest sizeable city in Brazil's Roraima state, Boa Vista, where much of theÃâà...
Brookings Institution (blog)
December 31, 1999
He argued instead that Brazil is facing a “copying crisis”: There is plenty of data about the performance of schools across municipalities in Brazil, with huge variations, but it's clear that the poor performers don't improve. Transferring experiences from one country to another can be difficult, but learning fromÃâà...
Business Insider
December 31, 1999
Of the 50 cities on the list, 42 are in Latin America, including 17 in Brazil, 12 in Mexico, and five in Venezuela. Colombia had three, Honduras had ... The Council was also unable to gather 2017 full-year data for the city, leading it to calculate last year's tally based on previous estimates. Two other cities inÃâà...
The Times
December 31, 1999
Brazil is seeking to vaccinate 23 million people as a wave of yellow fever threatens Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The disease, which causes yellowing of the skin and eyes and is transmitted by mosquitoes, kills between 3 and 8 per cent of those infected. Outbreaks of yellow fever in large cities areÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Instead, the virus began moving south and east, following forest corridors inhabited by monkeys toward the big coastal cities and triggering a public health .... to inoculate 95 percent of the population in 77 cities and towns in the virus's path — a total of 23 million people, including 12 million in this city alone.
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