Monthly Archives: April 2010
Os Paralamas do Sucesso
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Last month, Brazilian rock band, Os Paralamas do Sucesso, played a sell out show...
Finding Work in Rio
By Martin Kocandrle, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Sitting on the beach in Copacabana or Ipanema, work is often the last thing that comes...
Cinco de Mayo in Rio
By Felicity Clarke, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - Line up the tequila shots and get ready to dance the Macarena, because the major...
Brazil Against Sanctions on Iran
By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil has made it clear in the Nuclear Security Summit that it favors diplomacy over sanctions...
Brazil’s Landless Mobilize Protest
By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - More than 25 years after emerging in defiance of a teetering military dictatorship, the Brazilian...
Morro dos Prazeres Benefit Show
By Doug Gray, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – This Thursday sees a benefit show in aid of victims of the landslides which...
Foreign Film Production in Rio
By Wladimir Weltman, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - Current buzz says it is cool to shoot in Rio. According to ANCINE, the Brazilian Government...
Belo Monte Dam Bid Won
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Despite fierce national and international opposition mounted over several decades and a week of...
Rocky Cristo Business
By Doug Gray, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – After fifteen days of less than glorious isolation during which time he became the victim...