Reuters

Two buildings collapse in Rio de Janeiro

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Two buildings collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, in the latest incident highlighting the failure of authorities to improve the city's infrastructure amid ...
Yahoo

Rio's city hall puts down illegal buildings in favela

Authorities in Brazil are putting down illegally constructed residential buildings in one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas, after police investigations showed drug trafficking group responsible for the ...
WBAL

2 buildings collapse in Rio de Janeiro, injuries unknown

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Firefighters dug through rubble Friday in search of survivors after two condemned buildings collapsed in Rio de Janeiro, killing at least three people, injuring 13 and leaving ...
Yahoo

Two dead after buildings collapse in militia-controlled Rio neighborhood

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 12 (Reuters) - At least two people died and two more were injured when two unlicensed buildings in a militia-controlled outer borough of Rio de Janeiro collapsed on Friday, just ...
Naija Gist - Latest

Two killed as buildings collapse in rain-soaked Rio de Janeiro area

At least two people were killed Friday when two buildings collapsed in a hillside neighborhood west of Rio de Janeiro, a region hard hit by heavy rain and flash floods in the past days, firefighters ...
Altoona Mirror

Rio building collapse kills 2

Firefighters carry a stretcher with a woman rescued from the rubble of two buildings that collapsed in the Muzema neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday. The collapse came in a western part ...
NBC Montana

Collapse of buildings in Rio kills 2 in militia-run area

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Firefighters on Friday dug through rubble in search of survivors after two condemned buildings collapsed in Rio de Janeiro, killing at least two people and leaving another 10 ...
Nasdaq

Two die after building collapse in Rio neighborhood

A residential building in a working class part of Rio de Janeiro collapsed on Thursday, killing at least two people and underlining the precarious state of many structures in parts of the city where ...
New Haven Register

6 bodies found in Rio buildings collapse

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- A janitor finishing up the day's work, an accountant closing the books for the month, a computer technician installing software: each had a reason to stay a little late at work.
Los Angeles Times

Rio buildings collapse in working-class neighborhoods where militias hold sway

Reporting from Rio de Janeiro — The last of 24 bodies was pulled from the wreckage in the early hours of Easter morning. Firefighters and soldiers had searched for more than 200 hours through what was ...
Seattle Times

Collapse of buildings in Rio kills 3 in militia-run area

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Firefighters dug through rubble Friday in search of survivors after two condemned buildings collapsed in Rio de Janeiro, killing at least three people, injuring 13 and leaving ...