Published on April,25 2012 - by Agence France Presse
Rio de Janeiro has declared a dengue epidemic after diagnosing more than 50,000 cases of the tropical mosquito-borne infection this year and over 500 in the last week alone."We have a plan focused on the epidemic and we ...
Published on February,12 2012 - by Reuters
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Police in Brazil's Bahia state voted on Saturday to end a strike that unleashed a crime wave claiming more than 150 lives, raising hopes for peaceful carnival celebrations but leaving concerns about ...
Published on February,08 2012 - by Agence France Presse
Talks to end a strike by police who have occupied the legislature in Brazil's Bahia state for a week ended without agreement here Tuesday, with each side blaming the other for the impasse.The week-long strike in Brazil's ...
Published on February,06 2012 - by Agence France Presse
Troops locked down the Brazilian city of Salvador on Sunday as an elite unit prepared to besiege the legislature and arrest armed police officers whose strike action has sent homicides spiraling.A force of 2,600 army ...
Published on January,26 2012 - by Reuters
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Two buildings collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, in the latest incident highlighting the failure of authorities to improve the city's infrastructure amid preparations to host ...
Published on January,09 2012 - by McClatchy and Tribune Newspapers
BOGOTA, Colombia _ As tension escalates in the Persian Gulf and a diplomatic squabble grows in the Americas, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received a red-carpet welcome in Venezuela Monday as he began ...
Published on January,07 2012 - by Agence France Presse
A Mexican journalist was shot dead by unknown gunmen in a northern municipality of Monterrey, officials said on Saturday, becoming the first reporter to be killed in the country in 2012.The killing of Raul Quirino Garza ...
Published on December,15 2011 - by Agence France Presse
President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday signed a law banning smoking in all enclosed public spaces in Brazil.The new text will make Brazil, which has a population of more than 191 million, the largest country in the world ...
Published on October,28 2011 - by Bloomberg
Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Sales of advanced electricity meters in Brazil may exceed $4 billion over the next decade as South America’s largest economy seeks to curb energy theft. The country is expected to issue i ...
Published on March,23 2011 - by The Brownsville Herald, Texas
March 23--The Cameron County District Attorney's Office presumably still plans to do an autopsy here in its investigation into the death of Arturo Jose Iniguez, despite reports that an autopsy performed in Mexico ...