Brazil’s Highways Register Less Accidents Over New Year
Number of accidents and deaths on federal highways during New Year celebrations was lower than those registered during Christmas Holidays.
January 5, 2015Topic
Christmas
Shopping Mall Christmas Sales Up an Estimated 3% in Brazil
Brazil's 2014 sales growth of three percent is actually a negative result when considering the amount of new shopping centers...
December 27, 2014
Celebrating Christmas 2014 in Rio de Janeiro
Holidays in Rio de Janeiro may be the opposite of the white Christmas that many dream of, the city has...
December 21, 2014
Brazil Consumer Protection Agency Sets Up for Christmas
Those who want to complain about delays in flights, overbooking and baggage misplacement can turn to Procon of São Paulo,...
December 18, 2014
BCS Hosts a “Very British” Traditional Christmas Lunch
The British and Commonwealth Society of Rio de Janeiro (BCS), which has been operation for more than seventy years, is...
December 12, 2014
Street Christmas Collects Presents for Children in Need
The Rio Times in collaboration with the Street Child World Cup and Favela Street collect Christmas presents this year to...
November 28, 2014
Violence Mars Christmas Celebrations in Rocinha: Daily
Christmas morning in the pacified favela of Rochina was marred by confrontations between police and suspected drug traffickers which resulted...
December 26, 2013
Brazil’s Central Bank to Instill Savings Culture
With the Brazilian boom predicated on the spending of previously unavailable credit, economists’ fears of unsustainable levels of debt are...
December 17, 2013 Savoring the Traditional Christmas Dinner in Brazil
Centuries of immigration from Europe have imparted a certain influence on Ceia de Natal (Christmas Dinner), but the tropical Brazilian...
December 17, 2013