By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A rumor that the Bolsa Família anti-poverty program was set to close led to hundreds of thousands of families withdrawing the state benefit over the weekend. Caixa Econômica Federal, the state-run bank that organizes the Bolsa Família, said R$152 million (around US$75 million) had been [...]
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Early on the morning of Sunday, May 19th, over eight thousand registered runners will take part in the Corrida da Ponte (The Bridge Run), a 21.4 km half marathon across the famous bridge known as the Ponte Rio-Niterói, which connects the cities of Rio de [...]
By Anna Kaiser, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Heavy rains hit Rio de Janeiro in the early hours of the morning yesterday, causing the closure of Santos Dumont Airport and much flooding, major traffic and power outages around the Rio metropolitan area during commuter hours. Traffic delays continued throughout the day and into [...]
By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) shows that Brazilian companies need to work more than their counterparts around the world to pay their taxes. A middle-sized company has to work 2,600 hours to be able to afford its contributions to the government, according [...]
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian Senate has approved by a wide majority a bill that changes rules governing how the country’s ports are regulated, in a victory for the ruling government, despite last-minute attempts by opposing senators to derail the bill. The bill aims to open state-run ports to [...]
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s 11th oil and gas auction, held Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, raised a record R$2.8 billion, the industry’s regulatory agency said, with Petrobras winning the most blocks, and oil giants, BP, Total, Chevron and ExxonMobil also gaining rights to explore new areas. The [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Flamengo qualified for the next round of the Copa do Brasil with a 2-1 win over Campinense last night. It took an own goal and a late strike from Elias to see the Rubro-Negro through to the third round, as the side continues to [...]
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – An investigation has found that some of Brazil’s port terminals are still not operating twenty-four hours a day, despite the introduction of the Porto 24 horas (24-Hour Port) program nearly a month ago, aimed at improving the ports’ efficiency. According to the report by O Globo [...]
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Australian surfer Tyler Wright beat fellow Australian and last year’s defending Rio women’s event champion, Sally Fitzgibbons, to take home the Colgate Plax Girls Rio Pro 2013 victory on Saturday, May 11th in Barra da Tijuca. “This feels pretty good,” Wright told the Association of [...]
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Award-winning British musician Samuel J Tellam (Samuel J) will bring his special blend of smooth laid-back sounds to the Barra da Tijuca beach during the Billabong Rio Pro 2013 on Sunday, May 12th, as he performs the first of two shows that are scheduled to [...]
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