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SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) — In an initiative developed by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and creatively directed by Muji art director Kenya Hara, Japan House is set to open in Brazil’s largest metropolis Sao Paulo on Sunday (May 6), with the idea of creating a hub to connect culture from the eastern country to the western world. The striking four-story space designed by Kengo Kuma features the architect’s signature style with a multi-layered […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) — Clashes broke out in Rio de Janeiro on Friday (April 28) as Brazilian unions led the nation’s first general strike in over two decades to protest President Michel Temer’s austerity measures, hitting public transport and closing schools, factories, banks and other businesses in every state. Even so, analysts and government officials said the strike would have little impact on Temer’s efforts to push economic reforms through Congress, which are […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) — Indigenous people and police clashed near the congressional building in Brazil’s capital city on Tuesday (April 25) during a protest against farmers’ encroachment on reservations. Officers fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters, whose bodies were painted and dressed in colorful headdresses, while some tribe members shot arrows in return. The demonstration was peaceful until police blocked some of the indigenous people from climbing a ramp that led into the […]
by Damian WROCLAVSKY Agence France-Presse BRASILIA, Brazil -Brazil’s government fought Wednesday to save the country’s meat industry from getting burned in a corruption scandal that has prompted several countries to pull Brazilian beef and chicken from the menu. Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi did not mince his words. “What we are suffering now is a blow, a punch to the stomach,” he told the Senate. “We have to recover, to reorganize our forces, to travel around […]
by Eugenia LOGIURATTO Agence France Presse BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil tried to reassure the world Sunday that its huge meat industry poses no threat — with President Michel Temer even inviting ambassadors to a steak dinner — despite allegations that corrupt exporters sold tainted products. Temer smiled as he invited diplomats to a traditional Brazilian meat restaurant called a churrascaria, saying “if you accept the invitation we will be very happy.” Nineteen of the […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazill (AFP) — The Brazilian army said Thursday it is sending elite troops and military aviation to a state where more than 100 people are reported to have been killed since police went on strike. More reinforcements were being deployed to the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, where 1,200 soldiers arrived earlier this week after chaos broke out when police went on strike demanding better pay. […]
by Johannes MYBURGH Agence France-Presse NATAL, Brazil (AFP) – Stick-wielding inmates hurled stones and lit fires Thursday in a Brazilian jail where dozens were previously massacred, as authorities struggled to contain a spreading wave of gang violence. Police fired rubber bullets to try to separate two groups of inmates as they fought a pitched battled in the courtyard of the Alcacuz prison in the northern town of Natal, AFP reporters overlooking the facility saw. The […]
by Johannes MYBURGH Agence France-Presse NATAL, Brazil (AFP) – Brazil’s government Tuesday ordered the armed forces to help secure the country’s overcrowded jails as police fought to separate rival gangs of inmates in one prison following a massacre. Inmates climbed on the roof and set up barriers of furniture in a northeastern jail inhabited by warring rival drug gangs vowing to behead each other. Police fired rubber bullets to try to keep apart two rival […]
NATAL, Brazil (AFP) – Dozens of inmates on Monday occupied the roof of a Brazilian jail where the country’s latest prison massacre took place. An AFP video reporter filmed the inmates as they stood with flags on the partly destroyed red tile roof of the Alcacuz jail near the northeastern city of Natal. Police stormed the prison on Sunday morning and ended a night-long riot. They found 26 prisoners dead, most of them beheaded, officials […]
MANUAS, Brazil (AFP) — At least four inmates were killed Sunday in a facility in Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, sending the number of violent prison fatalities over 100 in just one week. Much of the violence, which includes several massacres with decapitations and disemboweling, has been among rival drug gangs in vastly overcrowded facilities. On Sunday four inmates were killed in as yet unclear circumstances in a Manaus prison, state public safety officials […]
BOA VISTAa, Brazil (AFP) – Brazil was hit Friday by its second eruption of grisly prison violence this week, as inmates beheaded and mutilated fellow prisoners at a northern jail, leaving at least 33 dead. Pictures taken by a police officer at the scene showed bloodied, mangled bodies piled in a concrete hallway at the Monte Cristo Farm Penitentiary (PAMC) in Roraima state. Many of the victims were beheaded, disemboweled or dismembered, said officials. The […]
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP)–Atleast 60 people were killed in a prison riot in Brazil’s Amazon region when fighting broke out between rival gangs, an official said Monday. The riot happened Sunday at a prison in Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, said the head of the state’s prisons administration, Pedro Florencio. “There are 60 dead so far,” he told journalists. Riots are common in Brazil’s overcrowded and underfunded prisons. Some 622,000 people were imprisoned […]
