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Opinion: Brazil Gone Bananas

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Banana Republics are back on the rise and I'm not talking about women and men apparels...

Brazil Highways See Less Accidents but More Deaths in Carnival 2017

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Carnival holiday had fewer accidents on Brazil's federal highways, but the number of deaths...

Opinion: Rio de Janeiro and The Lords of Sewage

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Even during the most modest rainfalls in Rio, storm sewers overflow and sewage mains burst. Not...

Construction Work Starts on Ilha Grande, Rio’s Island Paradise

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Construction has started on the development works to improve drainage and sanitation among other services,...

Opinion: Rio’s Olympic Palm and Pole Legacy

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The open ceremony for the Olympics was beautifully choreographed: athletes placing tree seeds for their respective...

Opinion: The Green-go-fication of Rio de Janeiro

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The recycled Olympic aluminum torch will soon make landing in Brazil as it makes its way...

Opinion: The Anti-Schwag Brazilian Plastic Law

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - If you thought supermarkets would be giving away schwag forever, you might be a little dazed...

Opinion: The Water Bastards in Brazil

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil holds some of the largest stocks of fresh water in the world, but regional water...

Opinion: The Brazilian Organic Agriculture Honor System

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – It’s quite hysterical, and I mean funny, that we have to categorize fresh family farm produce...

Environmental Currency: Carbon Crypto Coins?

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – We live in the anthropocene era and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are our Achilles heal, carbon...

Editorial: Train Kept A-Rollin

Editorial RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – For our regular readers you’ll have noticed a refreshing change the past couple months with the help we’ve had...

From Star Dust to Necro-leachate: Halloween Edition

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With Halloween and the Day of the Dead just around the corner on November 2nd, lets...

Fair Winds for Wind Energy in Brazil

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Energy is at the center of every country's policy. The percentages that form Brazil's electric energy matrix...

The End of the Sand Era

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – I've heard that man's best friend in not the dog, but reinforced concrete. The material allows...

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