Rio de Janeiro Names March 14th to be Marielle Franco Day
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Luiz...
July 20, 2018
Malala Yousafzai Celebrates 21st Birthday on Rio’s Sugar Loaf
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - During a visit to Brazil this week, Pakistani activist Malala...
July 13, 2018
Military Operation Deploys 4,000 Armed Forces in Rio Today
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Approximately 4,000 soldiers from the Armed Forces and the Civil...
July 11, 2018
Brazil Seleção Comes to Terms with Loss in the 2018 World Cup
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After the Friday, July 6th devastating 2x1 loss to Belgium,...
July 8, 2018
Brazil Confirms 500 Cases of the Measles in Three States
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At least three Brazilian states have confirmed outbreaks of measles...
July 5, 2018
Brazil’s Real Opens at R$3.9019 to Dollar in Slight Drop
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The U.S. dollar opened this morning (Wednesday, July 4th) with...
July 4, 2018
Brazil Lost 6.7 Million Cell Phone Lines in Last Year
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Data released yesterday (July 2nd) by the National Telecommunications Agency...
July 3, 2018
Rio de Janeiro to Ban Plastic Bags for Businesses
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Following some progressive leaders like the state of California (U.S.)...
June 27, 2018
Armed Forces Deploy 1,800 Troops Around Leme in Rio
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian Armed Forces are conducting an operation today (Thursday,...
June 21, 2018