New Leblon Traffic Flow from Line 4 Metro
By Fiona Hurrell, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Road closures and detours, including a new bridge over Jardim de Alah, have caused increased traffic build up in Leblon recently due to work on the new Metro Line 4. The new line, which is expected to be finished in 2015, promises to significantly [...]
Rumor Sparks Mass Withdrawals: Daily
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 [...]
Corrida da Ponte Half Marathon 2013: Daily
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 [...]
Rains Cripple Transportation in Rio: Daily
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 [...]
Brazilians Work More to Pay Taxes: Daily
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 [...]
Senate Passes Ports Regulation Bill: Daily
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 [...]
Record Spending at 11th Oil Round: Daily
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 [...]
Flamengo Advance in Copa do Brasil: Daily
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 [...]
Rocinha Residents Receive Home Titles
By Maria Conde, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The state of Rio issued 2,091 land titles to residents in the iconic favela Rocinha last Friday. These are the first of 9,000 titles the Instituto de Terras e Cartografia do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, (ITERJ – Institute of Lands and Cartography of the [...]
Gun Registrations Increase in Brazil
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – Gun registration in Brazil has soared over the past eight years, according to research by Globo. Data collected from the Federal Police shows the number of guns with legal licenses jumping from 5,161 in 2004 to 31,500 in 2012, 18,627 of which, some sixty percent, were [...]
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