/tags/rio-de-janeiro Rio de Janeiro en-US WLRN Fri, 07 May 2021 15:04:07 GMT /news/2021-05-07/u-n-calls-for-investigation-as-police-in-brazil-kill-at-least-24-in-rio-drug-raid The operation aimed at alleged drug traffickers resulted in a terrifying shootout in one of the city's poorest slums. One police officer also died in the raid. Fri, 07 May 2021 15:04:07 GMT /news/2021-05-07/u-n-calls-for-investigation-as-police-in-brazil-kill-at-least-24-in-rio-drug-raid Scott Neuman /news/2020-06-04/latin-american-expat-voices-should-be-at-the-front-of-the-floyd-protests-warning-us COMMENTARYIt’s a mystery why the Trump Administration chose Miami this week as one of only two major U.S. cities to be sent “riot teams” as protests… Thu, 04 Jun 2020 11:13:37 GMT /news/2020-06-04/latin-american-expat-voices-should-be-at-the-front-of-the-floyd-protests-warning-us Tim Padgett /news/2020-05-18/as-bolsonaro-scandals-deepen-is-brazil-descending-into-coronavirus-chaos Brazil is now the world’s fastest growing COVID-19 hotspot. Each day the country is reporting more than 10,000 new infections – and about a thousand new… Mon, 18 May 2020 20:29:12 GMT /news/2020-05-18/as-bolsonaro-scandals-deepen-is-brazil-descending-into-coronavirus-chaos Tim Padgett /news/2020-04-23/that-covid-19-story-of-hope-about-latin-americas-gangs-no-hope-of-happening COMMENTARYCOVID-19 is producing a feel-good story across Latin America.According to this silver linings playbook, the pandemic is neutralizing the… Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:28:57 GMT /news/2020-04-23/that-covid-19-story-of-hope-about-latin-americas-gangs-no-hope-of-happening Tim Padgett /news/2020-03-25/bolsonaro-oblivion-why-brazils-covid-19-future-is-likely-worse-than-it-looks COMMENTARYOn Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro – the leaders of the two largest countries in the Americas –… Thu, 26 Mar 2020 02:00:45 GMT /news/2020-03-25/bolsonaro-oblivion-why-brazils-covid-19-future-is-likely-worse-than-it-looks Tim Padgett /news/2016-08-24/why-lochtes-lamebrain-lie-was-so-damaging-to-brazil-and-latin-america COMMENTARYI don’t wear Speedo swimsuits. I obey the unwritten law – which ought to be codified criminal statute – that middle-aged men don’t wear them.But… Wed, 24 Aug 2016 20:28:56 GMT /news/2016-08-24/why-lochtes-lamebrain-lie-was-so-damaging-to-brazil-and-latin-america Tim Padgett /2016-08-17/reporters-notebook-the-view-from-rio As a resident of Rio, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro says the question isn't whether Brazil can throw a good Olympics. It's whether the Olympics are good for Brazil. Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:28:00 GMT /2016-08-17/reporters-notebook-the-view-from-rio Lulu Garcia-Navarro /show/latin-america-report/2016-08-01/miami-cariocas-feelings-for-the-rio-olympics-are-like-feijoada-very-mixed At a Brazilian restaurant in Doral called Brazuca’s, Danilo Leão is whipping up his most popular dish, feijoada. Pronounced fay-ZHWAH-dah, it's a heavenly… Mon, 01 Aug 2016 21:50:07 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2016-08-01/miami-cariocas-feelings-for-the-rio-olympics-are-like-feijoada-very-mixed Tim Padgett /news/2016-07-13/bahamas-to-u-s-cops-you-look-more-like-latin-american-and-caribbean-cops COMMENTARYWhen the Bahamas issued a travel advisory last weekend about visiting the U.S. – citing police brutality against black people – my first… Wed, 13 Jul 2016 22:30:36 GMT /news/2016-07-13/bahamas-to-u-s-cops-you-look-more-like-latin-american-and-caribbean-cops Tim Padgett