Indigenous Games to Start in Brazil’s Amazon Region
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Thousands of indigenous people from at least 22 countries around the world are gathering in the Amazon region to compete in sporting events and share part of their culture with other groups in the 2015 Indigenous Games. Although to organizers the Games are much more […]
Brazilian Congressman Proposes Cut in Bolsa Familia Welfare
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A Brazilian Congressional Representative said on Tuesday he will propose the reduction of 35 percent, R$10 billion, in the Bolsa Familia (social welfare program to keep children in school), one of President Rousseff’s most important social programs, for the 2016 budget. House Representative Ricardo Barros […]
Operação Verão 2015 Implemented on Niterói Beaches
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Niterói, the city located across the Guanabara Bay from Rio de Janeiro, will follow its sister city’s lead, by implementing the policing program Operação Verão (Operation Summer) on nine of its beaches during weekends and holidays of the summer season. According to authorities, the […]
Austrade Supports 2015 National Cricket Championships: Sponsored
By Shalina Chatlani, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Following a number of hard-fought battles at the first leg of 2015 National Championships in Brasília in July, the Carioca Cricket Club (CCC) is preparing for the final of the tournament in Rio de Janeiro on the weekend of October 31st and November 1st at […]
Brazil Congress Sees Petrobras as Victim of Corruption
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The final report of the Congressional Committee (CPI) investigating the Petrobras scandal handed in on Monday, did not call for any indictments of the politicians investigated in the Lava Jato (Carwash) scandal. According to the commission’s findings Petrobras was a victim of a cartel set […]
Rousseff Says Brazil Still Attractive for Foreign Investments
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, reassured a group of Brazilian and Swedish businessmen that the South American giant continues to be an attractive option for foreign investments. The president reminded participants at an event in Stockholm that the commercial trade between Brazil and Sweden grew […]
Rio’s Bonde Begins Fourth Phase of Testing in Santa Teresa
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Rio’s much-loved bonde, or tram system, is to begin a fourth phase of testing tomorrow, October 21st, as part of its long-awaited revival. A stretch of track linking the hill-top neighborhood of Santa Teresa with the Lapa area in Centro has been re-opened for […]
Muse Returns to Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, October 22nd
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Well for known their over-the-top performances filled with props, moving stages, multiple screens and futuristic light displays, British alternative rock trio, Muse will return to Rio de Janeiro to play live in Barra da Tijuca’s HSBC Arena on Thursday, October 22nd. Formed in 1994 […]
Explosion Rocks São Cristovão in the Zona Norte of Rio de Janeiro
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – An enormous explosion rocked the neighborhood of São Cristovão in the Zona Norte (North Zone) of Rio de Janeiro early Monday morning, damaging at least forty buildings, according to Rio’s fire department. The explosion which occurred around 3AM local time destroyed a restaurant, a […]
Brazil’s Rousseff on Economic Visit to Sweden and Finland
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, is on a four-day official visit to Sweden and Finland where she hopes to close several bilateral commercial and educational agreements. On Monday, President Rousseff is expected to visit a Saab factory from where Brazil ordered 36 Gripen NG […]
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