AlHijjah 8, 1436, Sep 22, 2015, SPA -- The former treasurer of Brazil's governing Workers' Party was sentenced Monday to over 15 years in prison for his role in a kickback scheme at state-run oil company Petrobras.
Joao Vaccari was found guilty of (...)
AlQa'dah 30, 1436, September 14, 2015, SPA -- Brazil's Finance Minister has announced nearly $7 billion in spending cuts aimed at covering an $8 billion shortfall to the 2016 budget, according to AP.
Joaquim Levy says the cuts are to include (...)
AlQa'dah 23, 1436, September 07, 2015, SPA -- At least 14 people were killed and 40 others injured in a bus accident Sunday in the southern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, the news website G1 reported, citing police, according to dpa.
The bus was (...)
AlQa'dah 14, 1436, August 29, 2015, SPA -- Brazilian environmentalist and biologist Mario Moscatelli said sewage has killed at least a ton of fish in a lagoon next to the Olympic Park that will host many Rio 2016 events, AP reported.
Moscatelli said (...)
AlQa'dah 02, 1436, August 17, 2015, SPA -- Complaining of corruption and a weak economy,
hundreds of thousands of Brazilians protested Sunday in demonstrations calling for the ouster of President Dilma Rousseff, according to dpa.
The demonstrations (...)
AlQa'dah 01, 1436, August 16, 2015, SPA -- Brazilian officials say a team of photographers on contract to Rio de Janeiro's city government were mugged while covering a road cycling test event for next year's Olympics in Rio, according to AP.
The Rio (...)
AlQa'dah 1, 1436, Aug 16, 2015, SPA -- The president of Ecuador on Saturday imposed a
state of emergency in the country over concern that the volcano
Cotopaxi might erupt, dpa reported.
President Rafael Correa said it was important to prepare (...)
AlQa'dah 24, 1435, Sep 19, 2014, SPA -- The wave of support that turned environmentalist Marina Silva into a sudden favourite for the
Brazilian presidency appears to be dissipating, with President Dilma
Rousseff again the front runner, according to (...)
AlHijjah 27, 1434, Nov 1, 2013, SPA -- Zinedine Zidane will represent 1998 World Cup winners France at the group draw for the 2014 tournament in Brazil, dpa reported.
Jerome Valcke, general secretary of the ruling body FIFA, said in
a column on the (...)
AlHijjah 20, 1434, Oct 25, 2013, SPA -- A group of hitmen shot and killed seven people at a house in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, dap ctied Brazilian police as saying on Friday.
The motive of the crime late Thursday in Realengo was unknown,
police (...)
AlQa'dah 1, 1434, Sep 7, 2013, SPA -- Police used tear gas and rubber bullets to scatter anti-government protesters who interrupted an independence day military parade in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, and demonstrations in dozens of other cities led (...)