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Rio de Janeiro closed its famed beaches Friday in a bid to contain a surge of Covid-19, a move criticized by anti-lockdown President Jair Bolsonaro, who said sun-deprived citizens risked a lack of vitamin D.
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The annual New Year's Eve celebrations which traditionally see millions of people gathered on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro have been canceled this year as Brazil grapples with surging coronavirus infections, city authorities said.
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Some of Rio's biggest samba schools say they will not participate in next year's Carnival unless a coronavirus vaccine is widely available, Brazilian media reported Tuesday.
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The Brazilian military's central role in Rio de Janeiro state security is nearing its end, with a drop in some indicators of violence but a significant increase in people killed during police operations.
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On the brink of bankruptcy and racked by violence, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil's tourism gateway, will next month elect its new governor -- with former state capital mayor Eduardo Paes the favorite against outsider and football icon Romario.
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Crossbow queen Silvia Silvia chatted with Digital Journal about her show WOW (World of Wonder) at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
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While the fighting in Rio de Janeiro's crime war is done by commando-style police and heavily armed drug traffickers, a growing number of the victims look quite different: innocent, joyful children like Maria Eduarda.
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Brazilian police expressed "euphoria" Wednesday after capturing one of Rio de Janeiro's most wanted alleged drug trafficking bosses in a rare high-profile success for the city's beleaguered security forces.
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A scandal-plagued top politician in Rio de Janeiro was ordered by a court Tuesday to go back to jail, just four days after the state legislature provoked an uproar by letting him out.
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Rio de Janeiro's state legislature voted Friday to overturn a court ruling that had put its scandal-plagued speaker in jail while he awaits trial on corruption charges.
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About 1,000 Brazilian police and soldiers early Friday began a large-scale operation to hunt drug traffickers linked to recent violence in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.
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Security officials said the giant Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro was back under control Saturday after hundreds of soldiers and police were sent to battle heavily armed drug traffickers.
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Brazilian soldiers deployed by armored vehicle, truck and helicopter Friday to reinforce police after heavily armed drug traffickers rampaged through the country's biggest favela, spraying bullets and terrifying locals.
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Brazilian soldiers deployed Friday to help Rio de Janeiro police after heavily armed drug traffickers rampaged through the country's most heavily populated favela, spraying bullets in the built-up community.
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The Rio de Janeiro Olympics was a world class party, but a year later, there's no end in sight to the painful hangover gripping Latin America's biggest country.Brazilians have got used to public officials' incompetence and corruption.
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The Rio 2016 cash-for-votes inquiry in Brazil has placed the International Olympic Committee under a fresh cloud of corruption less than a week before it is due to award the 2024 Games to Paris.
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Rio de Janeiro hotels nearly doubled capacity for the Olympics, but had a problem once sports fans went home: the tourism industry had checked out with them.
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Plagued by violence, white elephant sports facilities and corruption scandals, Rio de Janeiro today is unrecognizable from the feelgood city greeting the world at the Olympics exactly a year ago.
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Brazilian authorities launched a plan Wednesday to make sure expensive venues used last year in Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Games do not fall into disuse.
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A former Rio de Janeiro governor who was a key figure in hosting Brazil's 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Rio Olympics was sentenced Tuesday to 14 years in prison for corruption.
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Digital Journal was privileged to interview some of the greatest Olympic medalists this year, all of which competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.
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Maria Thereza Sombra may rely on Rio de Janeiro's police to keep her safe -- but in the grip of financial crisis they rely on the 82-year-old to supply them with toilet paper.
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The Olympics ended with Brazil having shown twice in two years that it is capable of hosting the world's biggest sporting events. But was the effort worth the trouble?
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Reports emerged Thursday that the US Olympic swimmers claiming to have been mugged in Rio in fact got into a fight with an armed gas station security guard.
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Rio police said Tuesday they killed three alleged gunmen in a raid on a favela dominated by drug traffickers where an elite police officer was shot a week ago.
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The Rio authorities promised total safety during the Olympics, but for Mauricio Lima da Silva, a 19-year-old street vendor, it doesn't feel that way.
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A Rio favela teacher uses the rhythms of samba to teach 200 children badminton. If that sounds like an unlikely mix, get this: his son is representing Brazil in the Olympics.
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Rio Olympics organizers on Sunday threw their weight behind a police crackdown on Brazilians holding up signs in stadiums against unpopular interim president Michel Temer, despite accusations of censorship.
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The Rio Olympics were going to be a disaster, right? Well try telling that to the crowds of locals and tourists flocking to the Olympic flame in central Rio on Saturday.
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Police shot a mugger near the stadium where the Rio Olympics opening ceremony took place and a woman was killed close to another Olympic site, police said Saturday.
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The overwhelming smell at the lagoon has led to complaints from residents and members of local rowing clubs. BBC
Rio's Conlurb sanitation workers cleaning up some of the thousands of dead fish from the rowing venue. BBC
Satellite picture of Guanabara Bay — with Rio de Janeiro (left), Niterói (right), and the Atlantic Ocean (bottom). Mschlindwein
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach (L) speaks with World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) head Craig Reedie at an IOC executive meeting in Lausanne Fabrice Coffrini, AFP/File
The level of pollution in Rio de Janiero is evident here in this photograph taken April 18, 2012. Tetraktys (CC BY-SA 3.0)
One view of the bay with Sugar Loaf Mt. in the background. Notice the brown discoloration of the water closer to shore. Rodrigo_Soldon
File photo: Argentina's fans react during the women's beach volleyball qualifying in Rio de Janeiro on August 6, 2016 Leon Neal, AFP
Jamaica's Usain Bolt has won an unprecedented third straight 100m, 200m and 4x100m clean sweep. Franck Fife, AFP
A team of more than 60 people have been working since last week to clear the remains of the smally dead fish from Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas. BBC
Christ the Redeemer above Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Earth Hour 2012
Helicopters had to be used to return the bodies to shore. YouTube
Sailing competitors have complained the stench and dirty waters of the bay are the worst they have seen. AFP
Screen-grab from video with Brazil native Juliana Barbassa discusses Rio de Janeiro's preparations to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and how the city has changed as a result. Simon and Schuster Books
The Olympic torch beside Rio's landmark, the staute of Christ the Redeemer, ahead of the Olympic Games in the Brazilian capital in August Alex Ferro, RIO2016/AFP/File
A dancer performs during the Rio Olympics closing ceremony at Maracana stadium Leon Neal, AFP
Screen-grab from video with Brazil native Juliana Barbassa discussing Rio de Janeiro's preparations to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and how the city has changed as a result. Simon and Schuster Books
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