By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Sales of Brazilian-made firearms to the U.S. increased 187.5 percent while former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was in office, compared to the same eight-year period of his predecessor. The U.S. purchased nearly 7.9 million, or eighty percent, of the 9.9 million exported [...]
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Minister for National Integration Fernando Bezerra Coelho has become the latest in a string of President Dilma Rousseff’s ministers to have come under fire following allegations of corruption. The minister is facing accusations of favoritism towards his home state, the northeast state of Pernambuco, and of [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Rio Times goes down south to Curitiba, capital city of the state of Paraná, as our series examining the 2014 FIFA World Cup city hosts draws to a close. The former capital of Brazil (the city held the honor for all of three days in [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Rio Times this week heads to Natal, capital city of Rio Grande do Norte, to continue its twelve-point tour of Brazilian cities set to play host for thousands of football fans during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Tucked away on Brazil’s North-East coast, Natal [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Rio Times looks north, this time, to the state of Amazonas this week in the series on Brazil’s World Cup 2014 host cities, and more specifically the capital Manaus, which will see matches leading to the biggest prize in sport contested there in three [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Rio Times looks north to the state of Bahia this week in the series on Brazil’s World Cup 2014 host cities, and more specifically the capital Salvador, which will see matches leading to the biggest prize in sport contested there in three and a [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Rio Times’ focus drops to the South, and Porto Alegre, in our series touring the host cities for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The birthplace of one of the greatest players in the last decade, Ronaldinho Gaúcho started his glittering career at local side Grêmio [...]
by Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – The capital of Ceará State, Fortaleza sits on Brazil’s north east coast and is the home of famous Brazilian writer José de Alencar. Far less business-centric than last week’s World Cup city focus, Brasilia, Fortaleza is famous for tourism, beautiful beaches, delicious seafood and a unique [...]
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 [...]
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