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Contributing Reporter

Through the years we have had over a hundred freelance reporters and contributors writing for us, and we thank them all for their work.

Rio’s Overlooked Treasure: Glória

By Nicole Pelligrino, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - What if there existed a neighborhood that was: affordable, verdant, peaceful, tightly-knit, safe, pedestrian and car-friendly,...

Flamengo Victories Alieve Worries

By Jayme Monsanto, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - After a great effort, the Flamengo directors managed, against all odds, to get the players' delayed...

Help Discotech to Close

By Doug Gray, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - It has been high on Governor Sergio Cabral’s hit list for several years, but it now...

Indigo Investments in Penthouses

By Doug Gray, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - With a degree in chartered surveying and several successful projects in the British Isles behind him,...

Reforming the Health Business

By Sarah O’Sullivan, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Jose Gomes Temporao, the national health minister, plans to “radically reform” Brazil’s public health care system....

Fight for Peace Boxing Club

By Sarah O'Sullivan, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - An Englishman has spent the last seven years fighting to provide an alternative for youngsters living...

Arraial do Cabo, Oásis in the Making

By Hakan Almerfors, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - With a population of around 25,000, Arraial is one of the more popular tourist destinations in...

Pandeiro Jazz

By Naomi Orton, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - The pandeiro is perhaps to Brazilian music what the saxophone is to jazz and the violin...

Prefeitura Faces Congestion in Centro

By Philip Sever, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - For several months there has been an increased traffic problem on Avenida San Francisco Bicalho, which...

Dehouche Land, Global Investments

By Doug Gray, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Whilst working for UBS in Sao Paulo as an investment banker back in 2003, Henry Madden...

Santa Teresa’s Bondinho Trolley

By Nicole Pelligrino, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - A ride on the Santa Teresa trolley (called the "bondinho" in Rio) is like a journey...

Teatro Municipal Refurbishment in Centro

By Nicole Pelligrino, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Gazing up toward the Teatro Municipal from Cinelândia Square, the stunning world-class theater of the arts...

Flamengo’s Financial Troubles

By Jayme Monsanto, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Flamengo, one of the biggest Carioca soccer teams, is in the middle of a big money...

Formula 1 Rule Change Contested

By Jayme Monsanto, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - The International Automobile Federation (FIA) announced this week that from now on, the F1 World Champion...

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