Monthly Archives: September 2015
Police Arrested for Altering a Crime Scene in Rio Favela
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Following the shooting and death of a seventeen-year-old in the Rio de Janeiro favela...
Brazil’s Rousseff Vetoes Law Allowing for Corporate Donations
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff vetoed a bill which would make it legal for companies to...
Brazil Declines in Global Competitiveness Index
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Adding to Brazil’s economic woes, a report released on Tuesday, September 29th, shows the country...
Rio EnCantos Offers Cultural and Language Immersion: Sponsored
By Shalina Chatlani, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Rio EnCantos is a grassroots cultural tour agency in the Cidade Maravilhosa offering a...
Opinion: Brazil’s Un-Real Currency
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Around 22 years ago, writing for another Rio publication and using his real name (no pun...
Rio Nightlife Guide for Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Wednesday’s Rio Nightlife Pick – It’s time for the best of hip hop, trap and funk as the Breaking Rules party returns to the...
Brazil’s Government Reducing Investments in Social Programs
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – When the Rousseff Administration first announced harsh economic measures that they said would help reduce...
Brazil Real Falls to R$4 to US$1 and Stock Market Tumbles
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Not even the discourse by Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff on Monday in New York at...
Humaitá: One of Rio’s Most Under-Discovered Neighborhoods
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On a map the neighborhood of Humaitá cuts a higgedly-piggedly shape out of the...
