The Latest Breaking News from Rio de Janeiro

Bolsonaro-Lula presidential race down to the wire in Brazil, polls show

Brazil's heated presidential race has tightened ahead of a Sunday vote, several opinion surveys showed on Saturday, with right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro eroding a slight advantage for leftist challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in most polls.

Reuters · Oct 29, 2022

Brazil’s education system in crisis as Bolsonaro takes aim at universities

Over the last four years, President Jair Bolsonaro’s government has made steep budget cuts to Brazil’s public universities. In the run-up to the second and final round of presidential elections, his government announced a new freeze on funds, angering students anew. The fields of education, culture and environmental studies have…

France 24 · Oct 28, 2022

Brazil: The community garden offering seeds of hope to Rio's favela residents

In Rio de Janeiro, this urban community garden in the Manguinhos favela is the largest in Latin America: it feeds 800 families a month with affordable, pesticide-free produce. Although violence, police raids and deadly shootings in the northern favelas of the city threaten programmes like this, our Observer Yuri Lopes…

France 24 · Oct 26, 2022

Black box recording of deadly Rio-Paris flight to be played in court

The judge overseeing the trial against Air France and Airbus for involuntary homicide in the fatal 2009 crash of a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris has agreed to allow the recording from the black box flight recorder to be heard behind closed doors.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 13, 2022

Air France and Airbus face trial over plane disaster which killed Scots oil worker

Graham Gardner, 52, was trying to get home to see his family in Renfrewshire when the doomed Rio de Janeiro to Paris flight plunged into the Atlantic amid thunderstorms.

Daily Record · Oct 10, 2022

Air France, Airbus face trial over fatal 2009 Rio-Paris plane disaster

Air France and aircraft maker Airbus go on trial in Paris on Monday on charges of involuntary manslaughter – 13 years after an A330 jet plunged into the Atlantic on a flight from Rio de Janeiro, killing all 228 people on board.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 10, 2022

Air France, Airbus face trial in Paris over fatal 2009 Rio-Paris crash

Air France and Airbus will face trial starting Monday in Paris, 13 years after the crash of an A330 shortly after takeoff from Rio de Janeiro that resulted in the deaths of 228 people. Civil parties hope to get answers from the two aviation giants, who both still deny responsibility…

France 24 · Oct 10, 2022

Johnny Walker vs. Paul Craig targeted for UFC 283 in Rio de Janeiro

A light heavyweight bout between Johnny Walker and Paul Craig is being targeted for UFC 283 in Rio de Janeiro.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 9, 2022

Families seek truth as Airbus, Air France face crash trial

The families of the 228 people killed in 2009 when their storm-tossed Air France flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris slammed into the Atlantic finally have a chance at justice

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2022

The Battle for Brazil’s Evangelicals

After fueling Bolsonaro’s rise, some are flocking to Lula’s camp with earthly—and heavenly—concerns.

Foreign Policy · Sep 30, 2022