Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer now has special song to celebrate its 90th anniversary
Released yesterday by the União Brasileira de Compositores (UBC), in partnership with Sony Music and the Christ the Redeemer Sanctuary,...
September 28, 2021Section
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Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state intends to create a carbon credit trading exchange
As an incentive, the Rio de Janeiro state government plans to offer credits derived from existing assets, such as forests...
September 27, 2021
Luxury building to take last non-high-rise space on Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro Leblon beachfront
The rich, bohemian and sophisticated Leblon, a neighborhood in southern Rio de Janeiro, lost its last unoccupied area to a...
September 27, 2021
Rio de Janeiro City Hall releases private events with 5,000 vaccinated people without masks
The city of Rio de Janeiro, which until recently faced an explosion of new cases of Covid-19 with the Delta...
September 25, 2021
Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro sets new rules to authorize events in the city
In practice, the rules apply to the granting of permits for events in Rio, whenever the City Hall's Scientific Committee...
September 22, 2021
Covid-19: Anyone falsifying proof of vaccination in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro will be fined US$180
The measure foresees the penalty applied both for people who try to reproduce and present a false document and for...
September 22, 2021
New conservation areas considered in Rio de Janeiro’s West Zone
The lowlands behind Barra de Tijuca, including parts of Vargem, Recreio, and Jacarepaguá neighborhoods, are undergoing analysis and consultation for...
September 21, 2021
Brazil’s first pet-welcoming beach kiosk to be inaugurated today in Rio de Janeiro
In an unprecedented partnership, Orla Rio, the concessionaire responsible for managing 309 kiosks in the region from Leme to Pontal,...
September 19, 2021
Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro releases events for up to 500 people in open venues
The presence of the public in stadiums has been authorized for people who have taken both doses of the vaccine....
September 17, 2021