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Opinion: Who’s Afraid of Yellow Fever? Why We Should Be
Opinion, by Jack Woodall
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – There hasn't been a yellow fever epidemic in Rio for over one hundred years, when the...
Brazilians are Drinking Less Beer, Especially Out at Bars
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - While the so-called "sin" industries like alcohol, cigarettes and candy are traditionally considered recession resistant,...
New Sports Minister in Brazil to Push Olympic Ticket Sales
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The interim sports minister for Brazil, Ricardo Leyser, has launched a task force that...
Brazil Faces Yet Another Health Problem: The Swine Flu
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – It appears that Brazil, still reeling with the surge of the Zika virus and its...
Brazil Government Announces R$21.2B More in Budget Cuts
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A little over a month after the Brazilian government announced its was reducing the federal...
Brazilian Government Forecasting R$96.7B Deficit for 2016
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian government’s economic team announced this week that they are asking Congress to...
Temporary Apartments in Demand for the Rio 2016 Olympics
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Despite a political quagmire and ailing economy in Brazil, in August 2016 the Olympic Games...
Brazilian Government Announces Billion Dollar Budget Cuts
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian government announced on Friday it was cutting federal spending by R$23.4 billion (almost...
Opinion: An End to Impunity in Brazil?
Opinion by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon, whose daytime job involves laws rather than public health, today wishes to proclaim that...
Millions Still Live Without Basic Sanitation Services in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian government admitted on Tuesday that the country is unlikely to meet the main...
Brazil Dismisses New Causes Linked to Microcephaly
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – As the Brazilian government conducts massive campaigns to destroy breeding grounds of the Aedes aegypti...
Going to the Sambódromo for Carnival 2016 in Rio de Janeiro
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Over one million tourists are expected to attend the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Carnival...
One Million Tourists Expected to Attend 2016 Rio Carnival Festivities
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Despite economic turmoil and concerns rising over the Zika virus, officials estimate that approximately...
Women Wrestlers Fight it Out at Olympic Test Event
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In 2013 wrestling was momentarily dropped from the future Olympic agenda. After modernizing, revising...