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Gondola in Complexo do Alemão Favelas
By Patricia Maresch, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – After months of testing, the Teleférico (gondola) line at the Complexo do Alemão in...
Doc Film Release: War On Drugs Failed
By Patricia Maresch, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A documentary about reforming Brazil's drug policy hits Brazilian theaters this week. The film...
Rock in Rio Sells Out in Four Days
By Sam Green, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The organizers of Rock in Rio have warned that they will not accept responsibility for...
Jay-Z to Rock Rio
By Sam Green, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Rock in Rio has added Jay-Z to its line-up and the music festival’s organizers are...
To Many More Firsts
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Journalism students are taught early on not to use words like “for the first time ever.”...
Amazonas Suffer Record Drought
By Anita Kirpalani, Contributing Reporter
AMAZONAS, BRAZIL – On October 24th, the Rio Negro (Black River), one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, dropped...
Popularity Contests
Editorial
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – President Lula da Silva has enjoyed a level of popularity and approval in Brazil bordering on iconic. With...
‘Currency War’ Threat to Brazil’s Real
By Doug Gray, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As its economy goes from strength to strength and the dollar continues to weaken,...
Mercosur Summit ‘Best In 15 Years’
By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - The 39th summit of South America’s co-operative trade bloc, Mercosur, ended last week...
Romanticizing Caribbean Cartagena
By Joshua Rapp Learn, Contributing Reporter
CARTAGENA, COLUMBIA - From the lapping turquoise waves of the Caribbean rise centuries old ramparts erected to rebuke the...
The Curmudgeon on The FARC Farces
Opinion, by Michael Royster
What are we to do with the FARC? The US and the EU have classified them as a “terrorist” organization that...
Amazonian Isolation in Leticia
By Joshua Rapp Learn, Contributing Reporter
AMAZONAS, COLOMBIA - Haphazard houses made from wooden slats and corrugated metal rooftops rise out of the surrounding jungle...
Vasco Hire Fourth Coach of 2010
By Matthew Burgess, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - Despite the lack of domestic football during the South Africa World Cup, Rio’s big four clubs...
Boating Down the Amazon River
By Joshua Rapp Learn, Contributing Reporter
AMAZONIA - The heat is overpowering by mid-afternoon, but as the brown waters swirl against the hull of a...