Strategically located between Argentina and Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul is a hub for contraband and drug smuggling. Brazil’s southernmost state houses the country’s largest dry port, on the border with ...

A survey by the Quaest institute, published in May of last year, showed that 99 percent of Brazilians believe the floods in Rio Grande do Sul are somehow related to climate change, and more than ...

Much of the infrastructure across Rio Grande do Sul was damaged during the floods. Months later, some of the destruction, such as this collapsed bridge, have yet to be fixed.

ICEYE, the global leader in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite monitoring technology, has played a crucial role in supporting ...

A winter storm slammed the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul with torrential rain on Friday, killing 11 people, leaving 20 missing and prompting a helicopter search and rescue for ...

Heavy rains which caused widespread flooding in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul have left hundreds of towns under water. At least 85 people died in the floods and about 150,000 ...

The floods, which have stretched across most of Rio Grande do Sul’s 497 municipalities, have forced nearly 164,000 people from their homes. In the state capital, Porto Alegre, ...

The information and communication center of the State of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil is to build a new disaster recovery data center. Procergs (Centro de Tecnologia da Informação e Comunicação do ...

The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul or UFRGS) originated as the Escola de Farmácia e Química in 1895, which united with several other higher ...

The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) is a private non-profit Catholic university located in Porto Alegre, capital city of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Eastern Brazil.