Brazil’s Congress Returns to Work After Carnival
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – With Carnival festivities over, this week the Brazilian government is expected to restart its push to obtain Congressional approval for projects it deems necessary to jumpstart the country’s ailing economy. Congressional representatives will also return to work having to decide whether to advance in the […]
Inflation Forecasts Continue to Rise in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Inflation forecasts in Brazil for this year have increased for the seventh consecutive time, as analysts now predict end-of-year inflation to reach 7.61 percent, according to the weekly Focus Survey bulletin released by the country’s Central Bank. For 2017 the forecast remains at six percent. […]
Monobloco Ends the 2016 Carnival Celebrations in Rio de Janeiro
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – While the Carnival holiday officially ended on February 10th, the street parties known as blocos continued through the weekend, with popular Monobloco helping to close out the celebrations on Sunday, February 14th. This followed the closing night of the 2016 Carnival competition at the […]
Tennis Stars in Town for Rio Open Tournament This Week
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Top-seeded tennis players from all over the world are in Rio de Janeiro this week for the annual ATP 500 tournament, the Rio Open. Taking place from today until Sunday, February 21st, at the Jockey Club Brasileiro, the event is South America’s largest tennis […]
Keeping an Active Lifestyle on the Beaches of Rio de Janiero
By Georgie Hay, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – From sunrise to dark, the beaches of Rio’s Zona Sul (South Zone) are filled with people exercising and playing sport. Runners, cyclists and skateboarders occupy the adjacent cycle paths; team ball and racket sports dominate the sands; and surfers and swimmers fill the sea. “One […]
D-Day for Combating Zika Virus Mosquitos in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A massive one-day campaign has been launched in Brazil this Saturday (February 13th) to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquito with more than 220,000 armed forces personnel expected to knock on at least three million homes and establishments looking for and destroying the mosquito’s breeding grounds. […]
Record Number of Companies in Brazil Seek Bankruptcy Protection
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The number of companies in Brazil seeking judicial recovery in 2015 was the largest in the past ten years, according to data released by Serasa Experian, a credit and business research company. In all 1,287 companies that sought bankruptcy protection through a judicial recovery plan, […]
Carnival 2016 Blocos Continue in Rio de Janeiro This Weekend
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Although the Carnival holiday ended on Wednesday February 10th, the celebrations are far from over as dozens of street parties known as blocos are scheduled to take place this weekend on Saturday February 13th and Sunday February 14th. One notable bloco parading on Saturday […]
Brazil’s Hotels Pick Up TripAdvisor’s Travellers Choice Awards
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A hotel in Santa Catarina, one of Brazil’s southernmost states, has appeared as one of the top 25 luxury hotels in the world. The Ponta dos Ganchos resort in Governador Celso Ramos was voted the eighth best luxury hotel by Trip Advisor in its […]
Zika Virus Linked to Microcephaly in Two Brazilian Newborns
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – New evidence announced on Wednesday in the United States strengthens the theory put forth by the Brazilian government that the surge of microcephaly cases in the Northeastern part of the country may be caused by the Zika virus. The U.S.’s Center for Disease Control (CDC) […]
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