Brazil’s Rousseff Vetoes Bill for Mandatory Tipping in Service
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff vetoed a bill which would require restaurant clients to tip waiters and waitresses ten percent of the bill as a service tax, whether they liked the service or not. According to the President in her justification for the veto, the bill […]
Photography Exhibition of Maré Dance Company in Rio on August 10th
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – “Do lado de dentro, do lado de fora” (Inside, Outside) an exhibition of works by Dutch photographer Sammi Landweer will open to the public in the Centro de Artes da Maré on August 10th, following an inauguration event for guests on Saturday, August 8th. […]
Worker’s Party Ad Disrupted by Panelaço Protest Sounds in Brazil
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff made an appearance on TV yesterday night together with several members of her Worker’s Party PT, including ex-President Lula, campaigning for the party and the government’s program. However, in several cities all over the country, people starting banging their pans […]
Brazil’s Petrobras Registers 90 Percent Drop in Q2 Net Income
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Petrobras closed the second quarter of 2015 with a net income of R$531 million, an 89.3 percent decline from the R$4.95 billion registered during the same quarter last year. During the first quarter of 2015 the oil giant had registered a net profit of R$5.33 […]
Copacabana: Rio’s Bustling Middle Class Neighborhood
By Shalina Chatlani, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The neighborhood of Copacabana located in the popular Zona Sul (South Zone) of Rio is well known around the world for its beautiful beaches. However, the area, which stretches from Leme to the edge of Ipanema at Copacabana Fort, offers much more than its bikini-laden […]
International Brass Band Festival Continues in Rio de Janeiro
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Honk! Rio 2015 festival began in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, August 6th and will continue through Sunday, August 9th with over twenty brass bands, blocos, and groups including international guests performing live and for free in the streets and in various locations […]
Approval Rate Drops For Brazilian President Rousseff
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s disapproval rates have increased even further in the past month, according to polling institute Datafolha, even surpassing rates for former President Fernando Collor de Mello on the eve of his impeachment (September 1992). The survey shows that 71 percent of those […]
‘Brazil Cost’ Bureaucracy Continues to Hinder Business
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Bureaucracy in Brazil is so widespread and extensive that a term was created to denote the difficulties and delays businesses face in the country, ‘custo Brasil’ (Brazil Cost). A new study by the World Bank confirms the efficiency problem, showing that Brazilian companies need […]
Olympic Torch Relay Celebrated in Countdown to Rio 2016
By Georgia Grimond, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As Rio celebrated a year until the Games begin in the city, people in Centro were treated to a sneak preview of the Olympic torch yesterday (August 5th) and details of the torch relay were unveiled. Displayed in Largo de Carioca, people were given the […]
Sports Facilities in Final Stages 1 Year Before Rio 2016 Olympics
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In exactly one year, on August 5, 2016 the Olympic Games will begin in Rio de Janeiro. Currently, the city is in full speed preparing for the biggest sporting event in the world, with most of the competition facilities not yet ready, but on […]
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