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Blue Agave, New Mexican in Ipanema
By Felicity Clarke, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - Don’t be duped by international prevalence and vast marketing budgets - Doritos are not the last...
2016 Olympic Preparations Underway
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - On October 2nd the world's attention was fixed on Copenhagen, Denmark, as Jaques Rogge, president of...
Smoke-Free Law Takes Effect
By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio's anti-smoking state law 5.517/09, which took effect on the 17th of this month, has survived...
Brazil Wins Beach Soccer World Cup
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - With another outstanding performance, the Brazil beach soccer team had no trouble defeating Switzerland Sunday...
Flamengo Miss Chance To Go Top
By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - For the three Carioca clubs in the 2009 Brasileirao the season finale could not be more...
Portela and the Majesty Of Carnival
By Bruno De Nicola, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - February may still be three months off, but the majority of those involved with Carnival...
Blackout Hits Brazil
By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio, Sao Paulo and Recife were among the major cities affected by a blackout that hit...
USAID and Esso/ExxonMobil, Film in Amazonas
By Ananda Alves, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Mamirauá, which is an indigenous word for “baby manatee”, is a 1,124,000 hectare Sustainable Development Reserve,...
Petrobras Takes $10B From Chinese
By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - An agreement has been signed between Brazilian state-owned petroleum giant Petrobras and the Chinese Development Bank,...
Salgueiro: Dance With The Champs
By Bruno De Nicola, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - As temperatures rise in Rio de Janeiro, Samba School madness heats up. This week, The...
Vasco Back to Série A
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - After spending the 2009 season playing smaller teams in smaller venues in Série B, Vasco da...
Nova Friburgo: A Bit of Europe
By Tricia L Chaves, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - One of the most fascinating things about Rio de Janeiro is just how much culture...
Mangueira Samba School
By Bruno de Nicola, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - Pink and Green are the colors that represent the Estação Primeira de Mangueira, Rio de...
Sugar Recovers but Will Ethanol?
By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian sugar-ethanol industry, which heavily indebted itself in order to expand just before the financial...