Healthcare System in State of Emergency in Rio de Janeiro
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The healthcare system in Rio is officially in a state of emergency. The measure was signed late yesterday (December 23rd) by the state governor, Luiz Fernando Pezão, after meeting with secretary of healthcare Alberto Beltrame of the federal Minister of Health. Beltrame pledged to release […]
Rio Rugby Club Throws New Year’s Eve Party in Cantagalo
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – To round off a busy year and mark the beginning of a new one, Rio Rugby Club will be hosting a réveillon party the Tiki Hostel in the Cantagalo favela community in Ipanema on December 31st. Everyone is welcome and proceeds from the night […]
Traveling In and Around Rio de Janeiro During the Holiday Season
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With the holidays now in full swing, millions are traveling by planes, trains, automobiles, and buses to around the city of Rio de Janeiro between now and the beginning of the new year. A new study by Ecoponte estimates that between Wednesday, December 23rd […]
Important Discussions Halt as Congress Starts Recess in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Congress begins its scheduled legislative recess on Wednesday, December 23rd, only returning in early February 2016 to continue to discuss the start of impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff and the possible ousting of Chamber of Deputies president, Eduardo Cunha. Until the beginning of […]
Celebrating Christmas 2015 in Rio de Janeiro
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Celebrations of Christmas in Brazil are similar to many held around the world with the main focus points on family, gift-giving, religious observances, togetherness, and holiday meals. Traditionally most Brazilians celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve, December 24th. Most businesses close early, then at home, […]
Fire Breaks Out at Portuguese Language Museum in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Flames tore through one of São Paulo’s most visited landmarks, the Portuguese Language Museum on Monday afternoon, leaving one person dead and halting rail and metro lines for thousands of commuters. More than one hundred firefighters with 37 fire trucks were at the scene to […]
Rio’s Santa Marta Favela Celebrates Seven Years of the UPP
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Santa Marta favela community celebrated the seventh anniversary of Rio’s first Police Pacification Unit (Unidade de Polícia Pacificadora, or UPP), which was installed December 19, 2008. While Brazil and Rio struggle with a reversal of economic conditions since then, the event was an opportunity […]
Financial Markets in Brazil React to Change in Economic Team
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The change of finance ministers in Brazil on Friday afternoon did not please the markets. The São Paulo stock market closed down on Monday registering the lowest volume of trade in six years. The foreign exchange market also reacted poorly to the substitution with the […]
More Funding is Needed for the Construction of Rio’s Metro Line 4
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The new stretch of metro line, Linha 4, that is being constructed to link Zona Sul (South Zone) with Barra da Tijuca in the Zona Oeste (West Zone) may not be ready in time for the 2016 Rio Olympics unless R$1 billion is given […]
Walter Goldfarb Retrospective Opens In Rio de Janeiro
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Celebrating the twenty-year career of Brazilian contemporary artist Walter Goldfarb, the exhibition “Walter Goldfarb: Retrospectiva 1995/2015 – Ela não gostava de Monet” (“Walter Goldfarb – Retrospective 1995-2015: She was not into Monet”) will open to the public on December 23rd and remain on display […]
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