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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...

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