Construction at Rio’s Galeão Airport Making Good Progress
The renovation and amplification works at Rio de Janeiro's international Antonio Carlos Jobim, also known as Galeão, airport are progressing...
August 12, 2015Topic
construction
Impact of Lava Jato on Brazil’s GDP Could Reach R$140 Billion
The Lava Jato (Carwash) corruption scandal in Brazil involving oil giant Petrobras and some of the country's largest construction companies...
August 11, 2015
Santa Teresa’s Revived Bonde Tram Line Being Tested in Rio
On Tuesday July 7th ten days of testing of the Rio’s revived tramline began. Four empty trams are running along...
July 9, 2015
Rio de Janeiro Releases Video Showing Olympic Park Progress
A new video mixes footage of construction work at Barra Olympic Park – the heart of the Rio 2016 Games...
July 8, 2015
Brazil Re-Directs Credit Towards Real Estate Sector
The measure will help sectors such as the construction and real estate segments, which have been hit hard by the...
June 4, 2015
Rio Has Third Worst Traffic of 146 Cities in the World
A study by Dutch transport technology company TomTom has revealed that Rio de Janeiro has the third worst traffic in...
April 2, 2015
Final Olympic Preparations On in Rio With 500 Days to Go
With only 500 days to go until the 2016 Olympic Summer Games, Rio de Janeiro enters the final preparation stage...
March 24, 2015
Foreign Investors Look to Brazil’s Health Sector
Foreign direct flows to Brazil totaled US$62 billion in 2014 and the country is now the fifth destination for foreign...
February 25, 2015
Opinion: Uncle Sam Wants You! a Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – One of the little noted features of the “Lava-Jato” scandal has...
December 1, 2014