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Will the Metro Line to Barra be Ready by 2016?

The construction on the Barra Metro Line has been underway for over a year now, do you think it will be ready for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio? Will the Metro Line to Barra be Ready by 2016?

The Best All-Time Football (Soccer) Team in Rio?

As the national Campeonato Brasileirão football tournament intensifies, Rio’s teams are ranking well. As ever, team fans are passionate about who is the best side. Last year Fluminense won the 2010 national Brasileirão title, but this year it was Flamengo who won the 2011 State title, and Vasco took the 2011 Copa do Brasil. Whois [...]

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Rio Real Estate Poll, Boom or Burst in 2011?

With so much growth and speculation in the real estate market in Rio, and the recent turbulence in the global and national stock markets … What do you think will happen with Rio de Janeiro real estate?  

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Should Comments be Allowed?

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Many news companies have reconsidered the ability for Readers to leave anonymous comments on news articles, as it often degenerates into “bar-room brawl” responses, and at it’s worst, libel/slanderous and hateful attacks. On the other hand it provides an opportunity for discussion and instills a sense of community around topics [...]

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Run-Off Round Election Poll for the President of Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The first round of elections in Brazil have sent the presidential race to a run-off round between Dilma Rousseff (PT, Workers’ Party) and José Serra (PSDB, Brazilian Social Democratic Party) on October 31st. In our first Election Poll the results were: Marina Silva 31.6 percent, José Serra 32.08 percent and [...]

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Voting for a New President of Brazil

Most of our Readers do not have the right (or are not compelled by law) to vote in Brazil during the nation-wide elections on October 3rd, but we wanted to know who the English speaking community in Rio, Brazil and abroad would vote for given the opportunity: Marina Silva, Dilma Rousseff , or José Serra. [...]

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