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Students’ Ship Sinks Off Rio Coast
By Marcela Canavarro, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - The ordeal of the Canadian 'Class Afloat' on board the SV Concordia has ended well with all...
Brazil in the Vancouver Winter Olympics
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - From February 12th to February 28th Vancouver, Canada is hosting the XXI Winter Olympics. It...
Gringo Bloco Fills Ipanema Streets
By Raul Winson, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - On Carnival Tuesday (February 16th) an incongruous sound filled the streets of Ipanema as the Banda...
Carnival Across Brazil
By Christine Wipfli, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - With Carnival fever in full swing, Brazilians as well as foreigners alike are celebrating this vibrant...
Brasilia’s Governor Arruda Arrested
By Pedro Widmar, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - A historic turn of events occurred on Thursday, February 11th which marked the first...
Barra Real Estate Booms
By Mike G Coffey, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - Since the announcement of the 2016 Olympics here in Rio de Janeiro, there has been...
US Diplomat From Rio in Haiti
By Mira Olson, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO— Matthew Garrett, a Junior Consular Officer at the US Consulate in Rio, recently returned to Brazil after...
2nd Rio Music Conference in Town
By Doug Gray, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - As a somewhat incongruous addition to the pre-Carnival festivities in the city, the timing of...
Rio’s Athletes Receive R$12M
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) and the Prefeitura (local government) have just signed a deal to...
Regional Electorate Tribunal
By Pedro Widmar, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - After a defeat in a polemical campaign against corruption in 2008, Rio de Janeiro’s Regional Electoral...
Blocos-heads
Opinion, by Steve Spencer
RIO DE JANEIRO - Mid-summer Rio de Janeiro. Time for Carnival and, with it, the ever more ubiquitous “blocos" or block...
Serra Given Early Lead in Polls
By Pedro Widmar, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - Just weeks away from the beginning of what will undoubtedly prove to be months of fierce...
Rio State Elections Heat Up
By Pedro Widmar, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - With recent developments putting the Marvelous City center-stage during the next decade, both in Brazil and...
Opening the Op-Ed Section
Editorial
RIO DE JANEIRO - This is our first week of an Op-Ed section (Opinion and Editorial) and it’s an exciting new feature for us....