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The 5 Day Carnival Itinerary
By Martin Kocandrle, Contributing Reporter
As the countdown to Carnival begins the hype and anticipation in the streets is palpable. This year the 'main...
Brasília, 50 Years as the Capital
By Davi Baldussi, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - Fifty years ago the region where Brazil’s capital, Brasília, exists, was a barren plain known as...
Ipanema’s New Luxury Residence
By Carlos Graffigna, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - To the prized ocean-front real estate along Ipanema beach comes a new addition, and in the...
Réveillon, New Year’s Eve in Rio
By Maíra Amorim, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – There are just days left before 2010 begins and you can feel the New Year’s Eve...
De Menezes Family Compensation
By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - The family of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian national shot dead by London police in...
Boom Real Estate in Curitiba
By Carlos Graffigna, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - A little over 500 miles south of Rio de Janeiro, lies Curitiba, the capital city of...
Punks in Praça de Bandeiras
By Felicity Clarke, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - When a Carioca friend tells you not to be scared before getting out of the taxi...
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...
Saara: Rio Centro Shopping Gem
By Sarah Coursey, Editor
RIO DE JANEIRO - For Cariocas, there is a street in Rio where you can find anything and everything. In Rio's...
Cantagalo Elevator Opens March
By Lindsay Spratt, Sub Editor
RIO DE JANEIRO - The opening of a sixty-meter elevator providing access to the Cantagalo and Pavão/Pavãozinho communities is to...
Macaé, Oil Rush Boomtown
By Sarah Coursey, Editor
RIO DE JANEIRO - With an economy that grew 600 percent in the last ten years – a boom greater than China's...
A Fistful of Dong
By Aaron Smith, Contributing Reporter
VIETNAM - "Good morning Vietnam!" I called out from the balcony of our five-dollar room in Chau Doc, as the...
Gramado and Canela
By Lindsay Spratt, Sub Editor
RIO DE JANEIRO - Picture timber-framed buildings, flower-lined streets, chocolate shops and snow in winter, and you probably don’t picture...
Accordion Miracles Hit Cinemas
By Lindsay Spratt, Sub Editor
RIO DE JANEIRO - On Saint Lucia’s Day, December 13, 1912, one of the most important Brazilian musicians of the...