Contributing Reporter

By Mary Carroll, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Internet giant Amazon.com is planning to open an operation in Brazil by October of this...

By Mary Carroll, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Police officers of the 38th Precinct (Braz de Pina) have identified at least three gangs specialized...

By Amy Smith, Contributing Reporter BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL — Brazilian federal police said Thursday they had charged eighteen people for child pornography crimes. The suspects are...

By Lucy Jordan, Contributing Reporter BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - The Brazilian government announced Wednesday a stimulus package of R$8.4 billion of public-sector purchases to combat slow...

By Melissa Rossi, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The official withdrawal of the Brazilian Armed Forces from the Complexo do Alemão, in Rio’s...

By Lucy Jordan, Contributing Reporter BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - Wary of dependence on the dollar, Brazil and China on Thursday agreed to a R$60 billion currency...

By Lucy Jordan, Contributing Reporter BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - Mercosur members including Brazil have suspended Paraguay from the South American economic alliance following Friday’s impeachment of...

By Nathan M. Walters, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Self Service Pajé, the newest installation by OPAVIVARÁ in the Brazilian Contemporary Room...

By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Fluminense comprehensively beat cannon fodder Atlético-GO 4-1 on Sunday evening to move into fifth...

By Nathan M. Walters, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Since 2003, Nugrooves, a bi-monthly party based in São Paulo, has been following the instructions...

By Nathan M. Walters, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Most people don’t think about the fact that in conventional modern wine making...

By Lucy Jordan, Contributing Reporter BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - With much of the world’s political attention focused on the marvelous city for Rio+20 last week, and...

By Antoni Galbany, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – After the pacification of the Vidigal favela community last November 2011 and subsequent UPP...

By Bryan Gregory Sanders, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL- Bahian women hustling with assembly line precision can only mean two things: acarajé street food...