Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Now that I’ve lived in Rio for over three years full time (and had spent a lot of time here writing from 2004-2007), sometimes I feel like I know the place. Especially when I meet folks that have just arrived and you start to realize how much local knowledge [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In the Southern Hemisphere winter is here, taking us by surprise as every change of season in every corner of the globe seems to. In Rio that means nights can cool well into the 60′s (Fahrenheit, high-teens in Celsius), and the days in the 70′s, and maybe the most [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Life and history seem to be made up of lots of little steps and decisions that build into important events recognizable only after the fact, and then every so often there are the choices that clearly will alter the course of the future. The small changes tick away under [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The news this week seems full of productive compromises as parties move to work things out; U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Brazil making sure the wheels of Western Hemisphere collaboration continue churning, Brazilian prosecutors are repositioning around the Chevron and Transocean law suit, and Niterói and [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Commitment like all human concepts is subject to wide swings of interpretation and consistency, and even in the most fortified of intentions, can stumble or stop. The city of Rio de Janerio is facing the biggest setback to the UPP policy yet, and people of Rocinha have everything on [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This week we had some great news about the Rio 2016 programs moving forward. There has been so much talk about the state of the 2014 World Cup preparations, the Olympics – happening 2 years later – is naturally getting less press/pressure. But with the PAC funding starting to [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – If you live or have traveled to Brazil lately you know how expensive it is here. I pay more for my apartment now then I ever did in New York, granted we make our own choices, but the rub is – in Brazil the minimum wage is still just [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This city is in the midst of changing so fast it is outgrowing itself like a pair of high-water britches. That is the name for when a kid’s pants are too small, they are short on the leg and other kids tease them about expecting a flood. Rio is [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – For those still getting used to the Southern Hemisphere calendar, and particularly in Brazil, the end of Carnival means the year can get started. Everything that has happened (or didn’t happen) since January 1st was part of summer vacation, and now after a shudder to release the Carnival ghosts, [...]
Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Well, that happened. Another Carnival passed. Just in time to save the city from spontaneous combustion. In general gringos think Brazilian’s aren’t as big drinkers as there are – in say – Ireland, but when it comes time to let the demons out for Carnival – I believe they [...]
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