Rio Cancels Official New Year’s Eve 2021 Celebrations
The decision comes from Mayor Marcelo Crivella, who met with Secretaries on Tuesday, December 15th, to take stock of the...
December 16, 2020Topic
Crivella
Rio Mayor Unveils Plan to Modernize Cobal in Leblon and Humaitá
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Tuesday, February 19th, Rio Mayor Marcelo Crivella unveiled a...
February 20, 2019
Rio’s Mayor Marcelo Crivella Dodges Impeachment Process
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Rio de Janeiro’s City Council rejected on Thursday, a...
July 13, 2018
Opinion: Rio’s Carnival Versus Its Mayor
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This year, as last year, the Rio de Janeiro Carnival kept...
February 17, 2018
Mangueira Samba School Stands Out on Grupo Especial’s Debut Night
Criticizing Rio's City Hall budgetary cuts on Carnival 2018, Mangueira was considered the very favorite samba school from last Sunday's...
February 12, 2018
Mangueira Samba School Ready for Rio 2018 Carnival
Criticizing Mayor Crivella's budget cuts, the traditional school from Zona Norte is the sixth to enter the Sambódromo on Sunday,...
January 26, 2018
Rio’s Mayor Crivella to Release R$10 Million for Carnival and Blocos
Rio's Mayor Crivella announced that on January 15th there will be R$10.3 million released for the lower level Access Group...
January 9, 2018 Opinion: O Tempora! O Mores! Brazil in 2017
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As the Curmudgeon mused slightly less than twelve months ago, “O...
December 20, 2017
Brazil Increases Punishment for Possession of High-Power Firearms
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – President of Brazil, Michel Temer, sanctioned on Thursday (October 26th)...
October 27, 2017