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Rio’s Olympic Village Apartments Expected to Hit Market in June
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Monday, March 20th, Carvalho Hosken, the construction company behind the Olympic Village in Barra...
Rio Public Ministry to Investigate Cost of Metro Line 4 in Gávea
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Monday, March 6th, Rio's Public Ministry revealed it is opening an investigation into the...
Rio de Janeiro City Hall Postpones Fee on New VLT Line
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Monday, February 13th, Rio City Hall announced that the VLT's (Light Rail Vehicle) new...
Opinion: Meanwhile, Back in Brazil …
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon confesses that he’s still addicted to foreign mainstream media, where POTUS Trump has monopolized...
Rio’s Abandoned Olympic Park Disappoints Visitors
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Six months after the Rio 2016 Olympics, the Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca finally hosted...
Rio Officials Negotiating Sale of Olympic Apartments to Civil Workers
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Six months removed from the mega-spectacle that was the 2016 Rio Olympics, local news is...
Rio Releases Official Schedule of 2017 Carnival Blocos
By Ciara Long, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Thursday, January 26th, the long-awaited official list of Rio’s Carnival blocos and their street...
Rio’s Olympic Park Opens to Public on Weekends
By Ciara Long, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Saturday, January 21st, new mayor of Rio Marcelo Crivella opened the Via Olímpica, a...
Rio’s 2017 Blocos Begin Unofficial Carnival Warm-Up
By Ciara Long, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Sunday January 8th, hundreds of people gathered in Rio de Janeiro’s downtown Centro area...
Health Secretary Warns Chikungunya Could Infect Half of Rio
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In one of his first statements as Rio de Janeiro’s new health secretary, Carlos...
Rio’s Libraries are Closed as New Government Looks for Funding
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The four Biblioteca Parque (Park Libraries) of Rio de Janeiro closed last week on December...
Opinion: Brazil’s 2017: O Tempora! O Mores!
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As the Curmudgeon mused little more than twelve months ago, “O tempora! O mores!” (“Oh the...
Brazilian Elections Show Decline of PT/Left-Wing Parties
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – More than 32 million Brazilians went to the polls on Sunday for the second round...
Opinion: Rio’s Runoff Election, Part II
Opinion by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO – The voters of Rio have spoken, and for the first time in its history, those who did...