Tag: News about Brazil
By Richard Mann, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian executives and entrepreneurs are getting increasingly worried about the economy. At an event which gathered 450 businesspeople and government heavy-hitters like Economy Minister Paulo Guedes in Campos do Jordão...
By Fabio Teixeira/Reuters
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Cash-strapped Rio de Janeiro is accused of using prisoners as volunteer workers to maintain jails in a move that human rights experts said was illegal and akin to slavery.
Brazil's penal system has...
By Xiu Ying, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The torrential storm that hit the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on Monday night caused local business losses of R$ 182.8 million (US$ 47 million), according to the Fecomércio...
By Richard Mann, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to Cíntia de Paulo, of Casa do Brasil, a non-profit association in Lisbon, a new wave of immigrants to Portugal is underway, and gaining in momentum. Her organisation works...
By Xiu Ying, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Fans from Brazil and Argentina have left Paul McCartney incredibly wealthy, as demonstrated by the numbers of the former Beatle's South American tour.
According to the Billboard Boxscore, McCartney's June 23...
