Rio de Janeiro

EspañolIn Rio de Janeiro, favela residents have had a harder time paying their bills as of late. According to news outlet G1, south-side residents have seen a 1400 percent increase in their electricity bills since new digital consumption…
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Español Now no-one can stop the increasingly rapid adoption of bitcoin around the world. That, at least, was the message of the organizers at the second annual Latin American Bitcoin Conference that took place last weekend in Río de…
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Español According to a new report, Brazilian police officers have killed more than 11,000 people within the past five years — an average of six victims per day. The Brazilian Forum on Public Safety compared this rate with that of the…
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EspañolOn the opening day of Brazil's 2014 World Cup, while airport workers were on strike in Rio de Janeiro, police raided the home of journalist Rebeca Mafra of Canal Brasil. A judge issued the search warrant, as investigators look into…
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