By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With just two days of official public holiday left until Brazilians are expected back at work, there is still plenty of fun to be had at Carnival 2012. Tuesday is the time to shake off any hangover and catch one of Rio’s [...]
By Esmee Verbeek, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Today is the third formal day of Carnival, arguably the world´s largest party is set to thunder on through Tuesday (officially the work-holiday ends Wednesday afternoon). Not only was yesterday ablaze with the open street parties known as ‘blocos‘ – it was also the first [...]
By Laura Madden, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Carnival in Rio continued over the weekend with blocos on Sunday drawing crowds in the tens of thousands. The Aterro do Flamengo was closed to car traffic for the Bangalafumenga Bloco, which clocked 60,000 visitors, according to RioTur. The bloco’s fifteenth Carnival parade featured a [...]
By Fiona Hurrell, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Sunday marks the second official day of Rio’s infamous Carnival, and the ‘blocos’ will reach epic levels again, drawing millions of revelers across the city for yet another day of fun filled and free celebration. Yesterday’s Cordão da Bola Preta bloco, a 93 year old [...]
By Fiona Hurrell, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Carnival has finally arrived, along with approximately 425 blocos (street parties) which are taking place across the city this weekend. Today (Saturday, February 18th) there will be a whopping 81 blocos, 27 in Zona Sul (South Zone), with some having started as early as 6:30 [...]
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled the Ficha Limpa, (or “Clean Record”) anti-corruption law to be constitutional, announcing that it would be enforced for the upcoming municipal elections in October. The law – which prohibits politicians with criminal convictions or a record of [...]
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In report published yesterday by the Folha do São Paulo newspaper, Ricardo Teixeira, president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), has been linked to a company under investigation for corruption charges. Ailanto Marketing is being investigated for fiddling expenses surrounding a friendly [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Just one round of the Taça Guanabara remains prior to the knock-out stages after Vasco and Fluminense played their postponed fifth round matches last night. For Vasco, it was business as usual as they notched up their sixth straight win in the competition following [...]
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Just days before Carnival in Rio, Polícia Militar (Military Police) and firefighters decided late on Monday to suspend the strike, which began last Thursday. Representatives of the movement said they will now focus on the release of 27 prisoners held at Bangu 1 prison. This [...]
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Police opened up an investigation yesterday into an incident that occurred on Sunday night during a rehearsal for the Portela samba school in Madureira, Zona Norte (North Zone), which killed one person and left a further 41 injured. Witnesses report that a [...]
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