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Marina Silva and Green Politics
By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – In the last of the three profiles of the leading presidential candidates, The Rio Times looks into the life and achievements of world-renowned environmentalist Marina Silva of Partido Verde (P.V., Green Party).
Despite being consistently ranked in third place behind Dilma Rousseff and José Serra, Silva holds not only the power to change the dynamics of the election process by determining whether a run-off …
Rio Welcomes New UK Consul General
By Doug Gray, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – This week marks the arrival of Paula Walsh to head up the UK’s Rio office as Tim Flear, the outgoing Consul General, leaves after four years in the post. After a handover week which began under testing circumstances with the events at the Intercontinental Hotel in Sao Conrado on the Saturday, she formally assumed the post on Monday.
A student of Biochemistry, Walsh previously worked at British Gas …
Brazil’s Land Protected From Foreigners
By Michael Royster, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – On August 23rd the Diário Oficial da União published an order signed by President Lula, approving a formal Opinion (Parecer CGU/AGU No. 01/2008) issued by the government’s lawyers the A.G.U. (Advocacia-Geral da União), reinstating the validity of a law from 1971 which placed limits on the acquisition of rural land by Brazilian companies majority owned by foreigners.
Non-resident foreign individuals and foreign companies not qualified to do business …
2014 World Cup City Focus: Brasília
By Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s fourth largest city, and the capital since 1960, lies in the Central-West region of the country and is famous for the famous “fifty years in five” quip from president Juscelino Kubitschek; his ideal was to make Brazil’s economy grow as much in his five year reign as it had in the past fifty, and he chose Brasilía as the heartbeat of this bold assumption.
Not just a planned …
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“5x Favela” Hits Cinemas After Cannes
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