Brazil’s Best Food Contest Isn’t in Restaurants. It’s in Bars
More than 1,100 bars joined Comida di Buteco in 2026, Brazil's nationwide bar food contest. Here is how newcomers can...
July 8, 2026Section
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A Mexican Master Takes Over São Paulo’s Most Famous Museum
MASP shows a major art retrospective of Mexican artist Damian Ortega, titled matéria e energia, gathering over thirty years of...
July 8, 2026
Ancient Weaving From the Argentine Chaco Lands in São Paulo
MASP in São Paulo shows around 30 works of Wichí textile art by Claudia Alarcón and the Silät collective, woven...
July 8, 2026
Vivo Is Absorbing Its Fiber Unit. Here’s Why It Matters
Telefonica Brasil, which runs Vivo, will vote on July 31 to absorb its FiBrasil fiber unit, folding a once-separate wholesale...
July 8, 2026
Brazilians Keep Flying to the US Even as the World Pulls Back
Brazil ranked third among overseas sources of US visitors in April, with 137,000 travelers, as Brazil US tourism held firm...
July 7, 2026
Vik Muniz Gets His Biggest-Ever Retrospective, Free in Central Rio
The Vik Muniz retrospective at CCBB Rio gathers nearly two hundred fifty works, free until September seven, with a pterosaur...
July 7, 2026
Festival de Inverno Rio Brings Ten Nights of Brazilian Music to the Bay
The ninth edition runs July 24-26 and July 31-August 2, 2026, with more than thirty acts across rock, MPB, funk,...
July 7, 2026
Your Coffee Is Getting Pricier Again, and Brazil’s Weather Is Why
Coffee prices jumped to a five-month high as a slow Brazilian harvest and El Niño fears revived supply worries in...
July 7, 2026
Global Hotel Brands Are Pouring Into Brazil as Tourism Hits Records
A Brazil hotel boom is drawing Marriott, Hilton and Four Seasons, with a record pipeline of projects as foreign visitor...
July 7, 2026