Sugarloaf Celebrates Environment Day in Rio June 5th
Visitors can participate on a homemade vegetable garden workshop and a reforestation action of the Atlantic Forest's original species.
June 5, 2017Topic
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Rio’s Gondola in Complexo de Alemão Extends Operating Hours
As of April 25th, the Complexo do Alemão teleférico (gondola) passed to new management and extended its current operating hours,...
May 4, 2016
Providência Gondola Finally Opens in Rio
New Morro da Providência cable car inaugurated last week, over a year after its completion in May 2013.
July 8, 2014
Providência Gondola Fails to Open in Rio
New cable car that links Morro da Providência to Central do Brasil station and the Cidade do Samba fails to...
January 28, 2014
Rocinha Residents to Sue State Over PAC
Resident organizations in two of the city’s largest favelas have formulated plans to sue the state government over the failed...
October 8, 2013
Providência Gondola Controversy Grows
The new cable car, or ‘Teleférico’, which is planned for Rio’s Morro da Providência favela community, is now set to...
February 19, 2013
Rio’s Sugarloaf Cable Car Turns 100: Daily
The Bondinho do Pão de Açúcar - the Sugarloaf Mountain cable car – celebrates its centenary this Saturday, October 27th.
October 27, 2012
Army Set to Leave Complexo do Alemão
The official withdrawal of the Brazilian Armed Forces from the Complexo do Alemão, in Rio’s Zona Norte, is scheduled to...
June 26, 2012
Pão de Açucar (Sugarloaf) in Rio de Janeiro
Pão de Açucar (The Sugarloaf) sits impressively between the ocean and the riveting landscape that makes up Rio, and the...
March 6, 2012