Tag: Marvelous City

By Kendall Clark, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Long regarded as one of the best jazz clubs in Rio, The Maze, perched on a plot of land in the Tavares Bastos favela community, boasts unmatched views of the...

By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - When the Portuguese first encountered the deep inlet of the Guanabara Bay on January 1, 1502, they thought it was the mouth of a river - hence the name Rio...

Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – One month after a poorly maintained Santa Teresa bonde (trolley car) derailed and flipped killing five people and wounding nearly sixty others, Rio de Janeiro witnessed another avoidable tragedy. On October 13th...

Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Every once in a while a scandal comes along to remind us that despite the soon-to-be-hosted 2016 Summer Olympics and the successes of the 3rd Rock in Rio Festival, “all is not...