By Donitra Clemons, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The countdown to the United Nations’ Rio+20 conference has begun, and already over 95 percent of the city’s hotels are booked to capacity. Of the few remaining hotel rooms available, prices are up to five times as much per night and with only weeks left, [...]
By Fiona Hurrell, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Noel Gallagher, once member of the now disbanded but immensely popular British rock group Oasis, will be performing live in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, May 3rd. The now solo artist will appear at Flamengo’s Vivo Rio, presenting tracks from his debut album titled “Noel [...]
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, has visited Brazil as part of a wider Latin American tour which also takes in Colombia and Chile. The visit, his first both to Brazil and Latin America in the role, was touted as an attempt to [...]
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – So far this year, nearly 54,000 suspected cases have been recorded in Rio state, and although less than last year, ten deaths have so far been attributed to the disease. The Department of Health and Civil Defense is today embarking on a mass operation [...]
By Lacy Edney, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The 2012 London Olympic Games are just around the corner, opening July 27th and stretching until August 12th. For those interested in witnessing athletics at its best, there are still travel options available, and with the London 2012 Festival paralleling it, there may never be [...]
By Ségolène Poirier, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The environmental license for the construction of the Metro Line 4 was approved on Friday by the directors of the State Environmental Control Commission (CECA), to build four new stations between Ipanema and Gávea. This clears the way for work to begin in the next [...]
By Nathan M. Walters, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In Rio’s freestyle movement (encompassing graffiti, street art, music, performance art) a new message is being delivered, one that sums up the honorable aspirations of many in Rio, “With Pride” (Com Orguhlo). The messenger is one of city’s veteran graffiti artists/rapper/producer/poet/multi-media pioneer/Carioca de Gema, [...]
By Fiona Hurrell, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Residents of Rio’s outer neighborhoods are set to reap the benefits from major new transportation links scheduled to be completed in time for the 2016 Olympic Games. Many areas will see vast improvements now that the city has secured R$1.63 billion (US$1 billion) to finance [...]
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