Giant Duck Placed on Congress Lawn by Protestors in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A giant, inflatable twelve-meter yellow duck appeared on the lawn of Brazil’s National Congress Thursday morning as a protest against the increase and creation of new taxes proposed by the government of Dilma Rousseff. The campaign, “Não vou pagar o pato” (loosely translated as “I […]
Brazil Fuel Price Hikes Likely to Pressure Inflation
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – This week the government announced it had authorized the increase of gasoline and diesel fuel prices at Petrobras’ refineries. The price increase will vary from four percent for diesel to six percent for gasoline. The increase in fuel prices, say analysts, is likely to put […]
Protests Against Reduction of Rio de Janeiro’s Bus Routes
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On the night of Thursday, October 1st, a group of activists marched, beginning at Rio de Janeiro’s Igreja da Candelária and making their way down Avenida Presidente Vargas, to protest the upcoming reduction and elimination of some of the city’s bus lines. Nineteen municipal […]
The British Consulate in Rio Hosts Rugby World Cup Event
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The 2015 Rugby World Cup is already off to a roaring start in stadiums across the UK. In order to celebrate Britain’s role as host nation of the tournament, the British Consulate in Rio is holding an event on Saturday October 3rd on the […]
Swiss Officials Confirm Accounts for Brazil’s House Speaker
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Swiss authorities have handed over information to Brazil’s General Attorney’s Office showing that the Speaker of Brazil’s House of Representatives, Eduardo Cunha and some family members have Swiss bank accounts which may be linked to the Lava Jato (Carwash) mega-corruption scandal. According to Brazilian officials, […]
Exhibit Opens for 50th Anniversary of Flamengo Park
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On September 30th, Centro Cultural Correios held an opening ceremony for a new exhibition, Jardim de Memórias – Parque do Flamengo 50 anos (Garden of Memories – 50 Years of Parque do Flamengo). Officially opening to the public on Thursday, October 1st and continuing […]
Visiting Foz do Iguaçu: Brazil’s World-Class Waterfalls
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Acclaimed as a World Heritage Site and once voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the Natural World, the waterfalls at Foz do Iguaçu are an incredible sight to behold. They also make an excellent weekend break from Rio. Divided between two national […]
Police Arrested for Altering a Crime Scene in Rio Favela
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Following the shooting and death of a seventeen-year-old in the Rio de Janeiro favela community of Morro da Providência early on Tuesday, September 29th, a secretly recorded video of the incident went viral. Showing what appeared to be misconduct by the Military Police, the […]
Brazil’s Rousseff Vetoes Law Allowing for Corporate Donations
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff vetoed a bill which would make it legal for companies to donate funds to political campaigns. The issue has been a point of disagreement between the Chamber of Deputies, which passed the bill authorizing the donations, the Senate, which prohibited the […]
Brazil’s Government Reducing Investments in Social Programs
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – When the Rousseff Administration first announced harsh economic measures that they said would help reduce the expected deficit for 2016 they stated that no social programs would be affected by these reductions. But as the weeks went by some cabinet members in charge of education […]
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