RIO DE JANEIRO: Women in Brazil are outraged at the rising number of rapes and sexual attacks in the country. Their anger came as another woman was raped on a bus in Rio de Janeiro, less than two months after an American tourist was gang raped in front of her boyfriend. The 30-year-old was robbed, beaten and raped at gunpoint by a man in the capital. Police told Bikyanews.com that they are certain it was th ...

CAIRO: Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi will travel to Brazil on Tuesday for a two-day-visit to boost economic cooperation and attract investments. Mursi is scheduled to meet his Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff on his first visit to South America, reported the state news agency. Mursi's visit to Brazil follows his trips to the four other members states of the BRICS group, namely Russia, India, China an ...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Out Now’s LGBT2020 has conducted the world’s largest LGBT market research survey spanning 20 countries and 12 different languages. The study has concluded that Brazil is worth $22.9 billion in LGBT tourism. The research will all be revealed at a seminar in Latin America this week. This now makes Brazil one of the leading inbound destinations for the LGBT community. The study and research con ...

A United Nations expert today called on Argentina to ensure the independence of its judiciary, following reforms passed earlier this month that affect the election process of the Magistrates Council which appoints and removes judges. “The State has the responsibility to ensure the independence of the judiciary by respecting its laws and international standards,” stressed the Special Rapporteur on the indepe ...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's national team coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said he is likely choose between Ronaldinho and Kaka for the squad's upcoming Confederations Cup in June. Scolari said in an interview with Folha de S Paulo newspaper published Monday that he almost certainly won't pick both players when Brazil hosts the World Cup warm-up tournament. Scolari said he gave enough chances to both players, adding ...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian activists have praised a court ruling that has sentenced 23 police officers to some 156 years in jail altogether for their role in the violence that left 111 inmates dead in a prison uprising in 1992. While the ruling came over two decades after the incident, activists told Bikyanews.com that it is "better now than never." "We have long struggled with accountability with our police ...

The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom on Friday deplored the murder of Ecuadorian journalist Fausto Valdiviezo Moscoso and called for an investigation into the crime. Mr. Valdiviezo, 52, was shot dead on 11 April by an unidentified man while driving his car in Atarazana, north of the city of Guayaquil. “[Fausto Valdiviezo’s] tragic death highlights the need to protect med ...

RIO DE JANEIRO: With this week's Rio fashion event receiving much fanfare for its scantily clad women showing off the latest in bikini and swimwear, women in the country have called on the industry to begin looking for and hiring more minorities in the country. A number of women's rights activists said that while they did not object to the idea of fashion and modeling, they argued that more minorities must ...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Women's rights activists in Brazil are demanding justice and answers after an American woman was attacked, beaten and gang raped on a bus in Rio de Janeiro. Her French national boyfriend was handcuffed and beaten with an iron pipe as he was forced to watch the violence unfold. For Brazilian women, enough is enough and they are demanding the government and police do more to ensure this never ...

RIO DE JANEIRO: The controversial head of Brazil's Commission for Human Rights and Minorities in the lower house of the country's Congress has said he refuses to relinquish his position despite ongoing calls from activists in the country who say he is homophobic and racist. Marco Feliciano, an evangelical pastor, Tuesday told reporters: "I will remain. I was elected democratically. Let me do my job." Even M ...