Tag: Closed
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The staggering spike in real estate prices over the last five years is starting to cause more closed storefronts in the Zona Sul (South Zone) beach-side gems of Ipanema and...
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Although Judge Isabella Peçanha Chagas of the 14th Civil Court of Rio previously ruled on Friday, January 17th in favor of an injunction barring a rolezinho at the Leblon's...
By Andrew Willis, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Municipal authorities in Brazil have responded to the tragic fire that killed over 230 partygoers in a nightclub in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul last month...
By Nathan M. Walters, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Rio’s Jardim Gramacho landfill, Latin America’s largest covering a land mass of 1.3 million square meters, officially closes today, June 3rd. Previously scheduled for a May 6th closure,...
By Fiona Hurrell, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Latin America's largest landfill site, Jardim Gramacho in Duque de Caixas, is set to shut down on May 6th. The closure, which was announced by Mayor Eduardo Paes earlier...