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Volunteers demonstrate their true value at the Rio+20 summit

Volunteers demonstrate their true value at the Rio+20 summit

By Gina Guinta in Rio Rio +20 Dialogue Days have been making news all week; today the Rio +20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development actually begins. While there has...

Brazilian Red Cross responds to worst floods in 40 years

Brazilian Red Cross responds to worst floods in 40 years

The torrential rains hitting Rio de Janeiro over the past days have killed more than 153 people.

Brazil: Thousands cut off by severe floods

Brazil: Thousands cut off by severe floods

Sixty days of rain in Santa Catarina state have caused one of the worst disasters in Brazil’s history Severe flooding and landslides caused by heavy rain are ...

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Address:

Praça Cruz Vermelha No. 10
20230-130 Rio de Janeiro RJ

Contact Information:

Tel: (55) (21) 2507 3392/2507 3577
Fax: (55) (21) 25 07 35 77
Telegram: BRAZCROSS RIO DE JANEIRO
Email: gabinete@cvb.org.br
Web: http://www.cruzvermelha.org.br/

Language of correspondence: Spanish

People:

  • Honorary President: Vacant
  • National President: Dr. Nicio Brasil LACORTE
  • Vice-President: Mr Irineu GEHLEN
  • Secretary General: Col. Paulo Roberto COSTA E SILVA
  • Treasury: Mrs Rosely Pimentel SAMPAIO
  • Director: Mrs Agarina Mendonça VASCONCELOS
  • Executive Secretary: Vacant
  • Head of International Affairs: Mrs Rosely Pimentel SAMPAIO
  • Head of International Affairs: Vacant
  • Head of Aid and Disasters: Sr Fernando Guilherme DA COSTA
  • Head of Communications: Mr Alexandre BACALLO
  • Head of Education and Health: Sra Márcia dos Santos PINHEIRO
  • Head of Tracing Service: Vacant
  • Legal Adviser: Vacant
  • Secretary-General Assistant: Sr Pedro Paulo DIAS

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