Police conducts search after report of armed men in hospital in the Southwest Zone
The military police searched the Raphael de Paula Souza Municipal Hospital in Curicica following reports of armed men in the vicinity.
Neighborhoods in the Southwest and South Zones Experience Power Outages
Neighborhoods in the Southwest and South Zones of Rio de Janeiro experienced significant power outages due to a transmission cable failure.
Man is shot in Barra da Tijuca, Southwest Zone of Rio
A man was shot in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, on the morning of Wednesday, September 25.
BRT bus catches fire in Recreio, Southwest Zone of Rio
A BRT bus caught fire in Recreio, Rio de Janeiro, with no injuries reported among passengers.
Lula participates in the inauguration of the 24-hour Emergency Center at Cardoso Fontes Federal Hospital in the Southwest Zone of Rio
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva inaugurated the new 24-hour Emergency Center at Cardoso Fontes Federal Hospital in Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, as part of its restructuring process after management was decentralized to the municipality.
Colombia: A senator kidnapped in a guerrilla zone in the southwest of the country
Senator Aida Quilcué has been kidnapped by dissidents of the ex-FARC in Colombia's Cauca department amidst a surge in political violence during the electoral period.