Brazil Expected to Register Record Grain Production
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s National Supply Company (CONAB) released a grain production estimate on Tuesday, May 12th, showing that the production of grains in Brazil for the 2014/2015 season should be of approximately 202.23 million tons, 4.4 percent higher than what the country registered in the 2013/2014 season. […]
Rio de Janeiro Cultural Center, Casa Daros, Will Close
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Tuesday May 12th, the owner of Daros Latinamerica, Ruth Schmidheiny, announced that the Casa Daros cultural space, located in the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Botafogo, would end its current activities in December of this year. Schmidheiny reportedly stated in a letter addressed […]
Crime Numbers Drop in Rio Communities With UPPs
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Crime numbers have significantly dropped in communities with a Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) between 2008 and 2014 according to the latest numbers from the Public Safety Institute (ISP). In 36 UPP areas in Rio, homicides have decreased by 65.5 percent, street robberies by 57.3 […]
More Brazilians Opting for Domestic Travel
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – With the devaluation of the Brazilian real in relation to the U.S. dollar and the economy slowing down, Brazilians are planning to spend their vacations this year traveling within Brazil and not going abroad, according to a recent survey conducted by Brazil’s Tourism Ministry and […]
Phantogram Performs Live in Rio de Janeiro Tonight, May 12th
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Known for reinforcing rock and pop sounds with thicker, heavier electronic elements, the American duo Phantogram will make their debut in Brazil on Tuesday, May 12th. Arriving in the city as part of the Converse Rubber Tracks Free Show series, Phantogram will headline the […]
The Oi Rio Pro Surf Contest Starts Today in Barra
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The World Surf League contest in Rio de Janeiro, the Oi Rio Pro, has started competitions today after weather conditions and a low swell delayed the kick-off of the event yesterday. The competition takes place in Barra da Tijuca’s Postinho until May 22nd and […]
Inflation Finally Slows Down Slightly in Brazil in April
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Brazil IPCA (Consumer Price Index) rose by 0.71 percent in April, according to the IBGE (Brazilian Statistics Bureau) registering the lowest monthly rate this year. In March the IPCA registered an increase of 1.32 percent while in April of 2014 the rate had been […]
Flu and Fogo Win in First Round of the Brasileirão
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Rio football (soccer) clubs Fluminense and Botafogo both won their respective games 1-0 to kick off this year’s Brasileirão, the Brazilian national football league. In the same round Flamengo lost their game against São Paulo FC, while Vasco drew against Goiás. The Brasileirão kicked […]
FotoRio 2015 Photography Exhibitions Open in Rio de Janeiro
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Beginning Wednesday, May 13th and continuing through July 26th, Centro Cultural Correios in Rio de Janeiro will host FotoRio events that include debates, video screenings, and six new photography exhibitions. Part of the ongoing 450th anniversary celebrations of Rio de Janeiro, the exhibitions and […]
Report Shows Eighty Percent of Crack Users in Rio are Male
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A study by the Centre of Information and Management of Rio de Janeiro Drugs shows that nearly half of the crack users that visit treatment centers in the state are in the capital city of Rio. Also about eighty percent are men and almost 47 […]
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