Monthly Archives: January 2016
Brazil’s Armed Forces To Help Combat Zika Virus
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The government of Brazil announced on Wednesday (January 27th) it was placing 220,000 armed forces...
Brazilian Judge Halts Petrobras’ Gaspetro Sale to Japan’s Mitsui
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A Brazilian federal judge has suspended the sale of 49 percent of Petrobras' subsidiary, Gaspetro,...
CCBB Rio to Host Berlin Film Retrospective with Live Music
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – From January 30th through February 15th, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Rio de Janeiro...
Brazil’s Bruno Soares in Australian Open Tennis Finals
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Playing in only their third event together, Bruno Soares, from Belo Horizonte, and Jamie...
Rio Nightlife Guide for Thursday, January 28, 2016
Thursday’s Rio Nightlife Pick – The Girls Night Out party returns to New Mariuzinn Copacabana tonight with DJs Guga Fernandes and Bruno Lima...
Transparency International Cuts Brazil’s Ranking Due to Petrobras
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index 2015 raised Brazil seven positions, going to number 76 out...
Brazilians to be Taxed 25 Percent on Travel Services Abroad
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A deteriorating economic scenario and the steep depreciation of the Brazilian real in relation to...
Rio Opens New Bike Path on Avenida Niemeyer to Bumpy Start
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After a year and six months of construction, the new bike path that connects the...
Imperatriz Samba School Will Bring Sertaneja to Rio’s 2016 Carnival
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This year celebrating the Brazilian state of Goiás, sertaneja music (Brazilian country music), and...
Opinion: Brazil’s Real Zika Crisis
Opinion by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — The Curmudgeon wrote a couple weeks ago that “Brazilian media are buzzing like flies about a...
