New Kiosk in Barra Brings Quality Food to the Beach in Rio
As kites weave lazily on the horizon in front of the setting sun, the clear waves break continuously against the...
February 26, 2016Topic
Barra da Tijuca
Brazilian Real Estate Fell 20 Percent in 2015 According to Moody’s
Moody’s, a credit rating agency, last week (February 16th) said that property prices in Brazil had fallen by five percent...
February 23, 2016
Tickets on Sale to Watch Rio 2016 Warm-Up Diving Competition
The Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre is being put through its paces this week as it hosts the FINA Diving World...
February 22, 2016
Editorial: Falling Back with Daylight Savings Time in Brazil
At midnight on Saturday evening (February 20, 2016) most of Brazil changed their clocks back to observe the end of...
February 22, 2016
Rio Suggests Plan for Incomplete Metro During Olympics
Rio's contingency plan to completing the Line 4 Metro is a temporary expansion of the BRT from Barra da Tijuca...
February 20, 2016
Women Wrestlers Fight it Out at Olympic Test Event
In 2013 wrestling was momentarily dropped from the future Olympic agenda. After modernizing, revising its rules and making it more...
February 1, 2016
Work Suspended on Rio 2016 Equestrian Complex in Deodoro
Rio’s City Hall have cancelled the contract of Ibeg Engenharia who were in charge of providing the Olympic equestrian facilities...
January 25, 2016
Australia’s Women Triumph in Olympic Basketball Test Event
The 2016 Aquece Rio Olympic “warm-up” test events kicked off once again this weekend. Running between January 15th and 19th,...
January 18, 2016
Rio’s Olympic Visitors Likely to Be Different to World Cup Tourists
As Brazil’s heads towards becoming the first country in Latin America to host an Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro can...
January 15, 2016