Brazil’s Mais Médicos Programs Celebrates Two Years
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian government’s Programa Mais Médicos (More Doctors Program) is completing two years this semester and despite the early criticism it received, the Rousseff Administration says the program is a huge success. According to data from the Ministry of Health, during these two years, 18,240 […]
Rock in Rio 2015 Begins Today in Rio’s Barra da Tijuca
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Back for its sixth edition in Rio de Janeiro where it began in 1985, the Rock in Rio music festival starts today, Friday, September 18th. Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the festival will continue on the 19th, 20th, 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th […]
Renowned Private Mansion in Rio Donated to Art Museum
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Hidden behind high walls and a canopy of lush trees is a remarkable large pink mansion in Rio, which since the 1960s has been home to Jorge and Odaléa Brando Barbosa. Now the house is set to be open to the public as Odaléa, […]
Rio 2016 Olympic Games Will Open Up 90,000 Jobs in City
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – With a little more than ten months to go before the start of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, organizers have announced the opening up of more than 90,000 temporary jobs in the city in 2016. According to the Rio […]
Funds for Educational Programs Likely to be Reduced in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Education Minister of Brazil, Renato Janine Ribeiro admitted it will be difficult to obtain the annual target of ten percent of the GDP to be used in education next year, due to the current economic scenario faced by Brazil. The government official, however, said […]
Analysts Say Brazil’s Economic Measures May Not be Enough
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – As Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and her economic team try to convince Brazil’s Congress to approve unpopular austerity measures to try to halt the economy from further disintegration, international financial analysts say that these actions may not be enough to bring the country’s economy back […]
Flamengo FC Sells Record Number of Tickets for Next Game
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Flamengo fans broke the record for the number of tickets sold ahead of a game in the 2015 Campeonato Brasileiro, or Brazilian national football tournament, yesterday (September 16th). Supporters bought 67,000 tickets to see the team play against Coritiba at the Mané Garrincha stadium […]
Postal Workers on Strike Again in Several Cities in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Postal workers in the several Brazilian cities have decided to strike ‘indefinitely’ after rejecting a proposal from the TST (Superior Labor Court). The workers of the ECT (Postal and Telegraph Company) are demanding a ten percent increase in wages and improvement on daily lunch stipend […]
Disco Godfathers All Vinyl Party Premiere in Rio’s Santa Teresa
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With the vinyl revival still going strong in many places around the world, including Brazil, a new party, Disco Godfathers will launch in Rio de Janeiro at Armazem Cultural São Joaquim in Santa Teresa on Saturday, September 19th. Spinning the best everything funky and […]
Carioca Cricket Club Set to Host Nationals in Rio: Sponsored
By Shalina Chatlani, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Carioca Cricket Club (CCC) is excited to be hosting the “Granado National Cricket Championship,” in Rio de Janeiro on the weekend of Saturday, October 31st and Sunday, November 1st to be held at the São Fernando Polo & Cricket Club near Itaguaí. The club […]
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