Tag: Guaratiba

By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Aiming to highlight the growing rock scene in Rio de Janeiro, the Rio Banda Fest will present twenty of the city's best rock bands performing live simultaneously in...

Opinion, by Alfonso Stefanini RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Putting the pilgrims and God aside, the organizational component of the World Youth Day (WYD) became a total fiasco after the original place of the vigil was changed last minute to...

By Jack Whibley, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Two solid days of rain in Rio de Janeiro have forced the organizers of World Youth Day (WYD) to change the plans for this weekend's WYD vigil and closing mass,...

By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The 2013 World Youth Day (WYD) officially began in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, July 23rd, and the agenda for the five day event is packed with numerous activities...

By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Guaratiba is in the far west of Rio's metropolitan borders, sitting between Santa Cruz, Campo Grande and Recreio. This humble middle-class area in Rio’s Zona Oeste (West Zone) has...