Survey Shows Increase in Violent Deaths in Brazil in 2014
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The number of violent deaths in Brazil totaled more than 58,000 last year, with 160 deaths occurring every day, according to a survey released on Thursday by the Brazilian Public Security Forum. The number is 4.8 percent higher than that registered in 2013, a fact […]
Levy Says Brazil is Better Prepared for External Shocks
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Although the possible increase in U.S. interest rates and the slowdown of the Chinese economies may hinder exports, the country’s Finance Minister, Joaquim Levy, said yesterday that Brazil is currently better prepared to face foreign shocks than it was fifteen years ago. The statement came […]
Rio’s Tempo Festival for Performing Arts Begins October 9th
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Celebrating the best of theater, dance, music, and live performances, the Tempo Festival returns to Rio de Janiero for its sixth edition on October 9th. Continuing through October 18th, the festival will take place in several venues located throughout the city and feature more […]
Azul’s Air Pass Opens Up Brazil to Travelers from the U.S.
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Azul, Brazil’s largest independent airline, is offering its customers traveling from U.S. to Brazil a choice of two unlimited flight packages. Known as Azul Air Passes, the deal opens up all of the airline’s one hundred routes in the country for US$299 for ten […]
Brazilian Court Rejects Rousseff Administration Accounts
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – In yet another blow to President Dilma Rousseff’s Administration, Federal Accounts Court (TCU) judges unanimously recommended that Brazil’s Congress reject government budget accounts for 2014. The TCU’s recommendation could open up the way for charges of lack of compliance with the Fiscal Responsibility Law and […]
Brazil Inflation Index May Stay in Single Digits for 2015
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The IPCA (Consumer Price Index) in Brazil rose by 0.54 percent in September, according to the IBGE (Brazilian Statistics Bureau) more than double the inflation rate seen in the month of August (0.22 percent). The inflation rate now accumulates an increase of 7.64 percent for […]
British Expatriate Opens English School in Rocinha Favela
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – British expatriate Jody King recently opened Favela Phoenix, an English school in Rio de Janeiro’s largest favela Rocinha. Currently serving sixteen students, the school offers daily English classes to the favela’s residents for free. “The school was the perfect opportunity to give something back […]
The 2015 Rio Film Festival to Celebrate the City’s 450 Years
By Shalina Chatlani, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Festival do Rio, Rio de Janeiro’s International Film Festival, will commemorate the 450th anniversary of the city by showcasing a selection of six films within the non-competitive section of Première Brasil. The films will highlight different aspects of the city’s history, culture, and daily life. […]
Delays Raise Questions Over Rio 2016 Equestrian Venue
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Doubt was raised on Wednesday, October 7th, as to whether Brazil would be able to hold the equestrian events of the forthcoming 2016 Rio Olympics Games because of an ongoing delay in paperwork from the Ministry of Agriculture. The ministry, however, has said that […]
Inmates and Police Negotiate at Parana Prison in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Military police reported to have restarted its negotiations with rioting inmates in a prison complex in the city of Londrina, in the state of Parana. Inmates overpowered the guards on Tuesday morning and took over the prison, setting fire to some cellblocks and maintaining as […]
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