President Rousseff Proposes Social Security Reform in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, stated on Thursday that the country must face ‘head on’ the social security reform. According to the President the Brazilian population is getting older and life-expectancy has increased. “It is not possible that the average age for retirement is 55 years […]
Electronics Industry in Brazil Predicts Gloomy 2016
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The industrial production of electro-electronic products in Brazil faced a difficult year in 2015, falling by at least twenty percent in relation to 2014, according to data from ABINEE (Brazilian Electric Electronic Industry Association). The entity forecasts a similar gloomy scenario for this year, with […]
União da Ilha Samba School is Ready for Rio 2016 Carnival
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Known for their playful, light, and animated themes, samba school União da Ilha do Governador will parade second for the Grupo Especial (Special Group) on Sunday, February 7th. The school was created in 1953 by Maurício Gazelle, Quincas and Orphylo, a group of friends […]
Improvements to the Copacabana Corcovado Ticket Booth
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Visitors to Corcovado to see Christ the Redeemer will now benefit from an improved ticket station in Copacabana. The renovated ticket booth is in the same location as the previous one, in Praça do Lido, however there is now a new climate-controlled waiting room […]
Brazil’s Samarco Dam Mud Spill Grows in Atlantic Ocean
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The size of the mud spill from the Samarco dam brake in Mariana has tripled in size along the coastline of Espirito Santo state since Sunday, said environmental groups monitoring the effects of the spill. According to these groups there is no forecast of when […]
Automobile Sales for 2015 Crash by 25 Percent in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Automobile sales in Brazil fell by 25.59 percent in 2015 in comparison to the previous year, according to the latest data by FENABRAVE (National Federation of Automotive Distributors), despite the encouraging numbers seen in December. For the sector as a whole, including trucks and buses, […]
Estácio de Sá Opens 2016 Rio de Janeiro Carnival Competition
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Winning the 2015 Série A competition, the samba school Estácio de Sá returns to the Grupo Especial (Special Group) this year after an eight-year absence and will be the first school to parade during the first of two nights of Special Group competition on […]
Seventy-Five Percent of Staff Fired at the Maracanã in Rio
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Three-quarters of the people who work at the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro lost their jobs on Monday (January 4th). The consortium, comprised of Odebrecht SA and AEG, that runs the venue announced that forty people would be laid off in a bid […]
Microcephaly Cases Linked to Zika Virus Surge in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Health Ministry in brazil announced on Tuesday that more than three thousand cases of microcephaly linked to the Zika virus were reported in the country as of January 2nd. Although most cases have been found in the Northeastern part of the country, 21 Brazilian […]
Brazil Seen by Eurasia Group as One of Top Risks in 2016
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Despite the optimistic forecast by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff during her New Year Day’s message to the nation, the country is expected to face economic and political challenges in 2016. With rising unemployment and inflation, Brazil has made it into Eurasia Group’s top ten risks […]
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