Brazil Ranked 11th in the World for International Meetings
Despite the political turmoil, a weak economy, and a worrying health epidemic, Brazil finished 2015 as the 11th most popular...
May 20, 2016
New App Offers Custom Guide for Visiting Rio During Olympics
British journalists, Doug Gray and Luke Norman, created Rio Companion app, a travel guide that curates the best of the...
May 19, 2016
Brazilian NBA Players in Rio to Unveil NBA House at Praça Mauá
Brazilian NBA players Nenê Hilário and Raulzinho Neto were on hand at Praça Mauá on Tuesday (May 17th) with NBA...
May 19, 2016
New VLT Light Rail in Rio Opens on Sunday, May 22nd
After several years of construction, road closures and detours in the city’s downtown area, this Sunday, May 22nd, Rio de...
May 17, 2016
Rio 2016 Olympics Unveils Staff and Volunteer Uniforms
In a little over two months, some 500,000 international visitors are expected to descend on the Cidade Maravilhosa for the...
May 16, 2016
Araras, Rio’s Gourmet Valley Nestled in the Hills of Petrópolis
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter Only a short hour and a half drive from Rio de Janerio city, in the...
May 13, 2016
Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay Enters Week Two of 95-Day Relay
The Olympic torch has been traveling across Brazil, bound to pass through three hundred towns and be carried by over...
May 12, 2016
Taxi Drivers Resume Protests Against Uber in São Paulo
Irate taxi drivers in São Paulo resumed protests today, May 11th, against the previous day’s decree from Mayor Fernando Haddad....
May 11, 2016
Housing Sales in São Paulo Plunge 16 Percent in March
On Tuesday, May 10th, the São Paulo State Housing Syndicate (Secovi-SP) released the results of its most recent survey showing...
May 10, 2016