By Robbie Blakeley and Ségolène Poirier, Contributing Reporters RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The world football (soccer) governing body, FIFA, and the Brazil Ministry of Sport announced that the Brazilian government will have a permanent member within the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the 2014 World Cup, as a measure to help avoid problems and [...]
By Stephen Eisenhammer, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Having replaced two executives at the end of April, there are rumors of more to come, as Petrobras´ CEO, Maria das Gracas Foster, begins to oversee changes at the top of Brazil’s state-run energy giant after taking control in February. Refining chief, Paulo Roberto Costa, [...]
By Stephen Eisenhammer, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Despite President Dilma Rousseff’s record-breaking approval rating of 64 percent after fifteen months in office, polls indicate her predecessor Lula da Silva remains the Brazilian people’s preferred Worker’s Party (PT) candidate for the 2014 presidential elections. The survey, carried out by the Brazilian daily newspaper [...]
By Stephen Eisenhammer, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, used her opening speech at the Sixth Summit of the Americas, to reiterate her criticism of Western monetary policy, which she said was damaging Latin American industry. The summit, which was held last weekend in Cartagena, Colombia, brought together 33 heads [...]
By Marie Naudascher, Contributing Reporter CAXIAS DO SUL, BRAZIL – Every two years, the city of Caxias do Sul, 120 km south from Porto Alegre, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, prepares itself for the Festa da Uva (Grape Festival). This year, from February 16th to March 4th, one million people are expected [...]
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A seventh minister of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s government has resigned amid accusations of corruption. Ministro das Cidades (Minister of Cities) Mário Negromonte has been accused of awarding public work contracts to companies which are financial supporting his party. He denies the allegations. Progressive [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Compared to the rest of the world struggling in an economic crisis, Brazil seems like a good place to be these days. It is not just a destination for summer sun and samba anymore, our new (unofficial) slogan at The Rio Times is “Brazil for Business”. The country of [...]
By Sam Cowie, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – 2011 saw Brazil take the fight against corruption to a new level – with huge increases in the recovery of stolen funds and seven high-ranking members of President Dilma Rousseff’s administration dismissed following allegations of corruption, since she took office in January 2011, Brazilian Labor Minister [...]
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – During her first official visit to Brazil last week, Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), praised Brazil’s economic policies, saying that the country was in a strong position to ride out the current global economic instability. “No country [...]
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Yesterday President Dilma Rousseff gave the go ahead to a law establishing a Truth Commission to investigate suspected human rights abuses that occurred between 1946 and 1988 – a period which includes the 21 year rule of the military dictatorship from 1964 [...]
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