Contributing Reporter
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Seeing Carnival at the Sambódromo
By Amy Skalmusky, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For many the word Carnival is synonymous with Sambódromo, the location of the spectacular...
The Costs of Flooding in São Paulo
By Anna Fitzpatrick, Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Since the end of 2010, heavy flooding in Brazil's financial capital has taken at least 25...
Police Take Favelas in Santa Teresa
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Sunday night at 10PM Rio's Governor Sergio Cabral tweeted: “São Carlos and Santa Teresa...
Rio’s Carnival Street Bloco Schedule
By Sibel Tinar, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A fever has been sweeping across Rio de Janeiro since early January, building as...
Carnival Outside of Rio
By Tim Anderson, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - With less then a month to go until Rio’s famous Samba schools take to the...
Brazilian Wines on The Rise
By Patricia Maresch, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - While a caipirinha is more likely to spring to mind when thinking of a Brazilian...
Visiting Minas Gerais
By Alison McGowan Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Historical towns and rural landscapes are just a couple of the great things about Brazil....
Rio’s Carnival Glossary
By Vânia Maciel, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The biggest party on Earth may have its roots in humble religious context, but it...
Urca: Under Sugarloaf
By Sanhita Reddy, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Visions of university students playing football (soccer) along Praia Vermelha, and old men fishing along...
Here It Comes
Editorial
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Here it comes, Carnival! Another year has passed and all this summer heat is about to peak with...
A Rio Problem
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Since 2007 the federal government planned 392 projects on urban and social infrastructure for municipalities of...