Thanksgiving in Rio
By Felicity Clarke, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – Carnival stands as Brazil’s great national holiday, but for all the music, dancing and dazzling spectacle it does fall short on one important holiday criteria: there’s no focus on food. In contrast, Thanksgiving, the major US national holiday that will be celebrated this Thursday, has food [...]
De Menezes Family Compensation
By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – The family of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian national shot dead by London police in 2005, has settled ongoing litigation and been awarded damages, the sum of which is officially not being disclosed; some sources however are claiming the payment amounts to around £100,000 pounds [...]
Partnerships at +Unidos Workshop
By Bruno De Nicola, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – On November 17th, USAID and +UNIDOS (Mais Unidos) held a Workshop on Social Responsibility Partnerships with more than 30 U.S. companies presenting over 50 of their social projects. The event was held at the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) in Sao Paulo. The workshop’s goal [...]
Expat Entrepreneur’s Fitness Business
By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – It is an oft-discussed subject amongst the international community of Rio – how to make money in a city not known for its ease of business practice or its ready acceptance of overseas workers. In a country understandably protective of its workforce and low unemployment rates [...]
Smoke-Free Law Takes Effect
By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio’s anti-smoking state law 5.517/09, which took effect on the 17th of this month, has survived an eleventh hour challenge from a syndicate of bars and hotels, and appears to have met with overall compliance, with one exception reported. The law, enacted in August by Rio [...]
Boom Real Estate in Curitiba
By Carlos Graffigna, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – A little over 500 miles south of Rio de Janeiro, lies Curitiba, the capital city of the estate of Parana. Although at times little is known about this city, it has for years led the way in urban planning and has won several social awards, like [...]
Iran’s Ahmadenijad Arrives in Brazil
By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – Protests on the streets of Brazil continued in Sao Paulo and Rio, but Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received a warm welcome from President Lula as he arrived for his first state visit to the country on Monday as part of a controversial South America tour. US [...]
Brazil Wins Beach Soccer World Cup
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – With another outstanding performance, the Brazil beach soccer team had no trouble defeating Switzerland Sunday in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) 10-5, in the final of the most important competition in beach soccer: the FIFA World Cup. The Brazilian “Seleção” was much more experienced than their European [...]
Beija-Flor, The Humming-Bird of Samba
By Bruno De Nicola, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – Beija-Flor (which translates to “flower kisser”), the humming bird who’s wings beat to the samba swing, prepares to fly high for Carnival 2010, wishing to carry home to Nilopolis another Sambodrome Champion title. Over the past ten years the ‘gremio’ from the suburbs of Rio [...]
The Iguaçu Falls
By Davi Baldussi, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – The Iguaçu Falls, on the Brazil’s border with Argentine, was voted by more than 19,000 readers of The Guardian newspaper of the UK, as their favorite oversea tourist attraction. To claim this title, which was announced in the end of October, the Iguaçu Falls had to [...]