Monthly Archives: November 2011

By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Justice Department is terminating 29 contracts signed to build desperately needed prisons that...

By Fiona Hurrell, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - This Friday, December 2nd, the Gringo Café in Ipanema will once again play host to...

By Brennan Stark, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – American oil giant Chevron was banned from offshore drilling in Brazilian waters on November 23rd....

By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Federal Senate’s Environmental Commission concluded voting on the new Brazilian Forestry...

By Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Sports Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - An injury-time winner for Vasco against Fluminense in Sunday's classico gave the Sao Januario...

By Anna Fitzpatrick, Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – With an oil leak off the Brazilian coast and tense negotiations over state oil royalties, the...

By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – BridgeBrazil, a leading school teaching Portuguese language to foreigners, has been awarded...

By Lauren Vita Sgarlato, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The show that seems like an amazing dream of circus acts and acrobatics, Cirque...

By Fiona Hurrell, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Founded in 1923, G.R.E.S Portela is regarded as the oldest and most traditional samba school...