CREA: Rio Building Standards Review
The work of Rio buildings authorities CREA has been called into question after it was revealed engineers were not being...
February 7, 2012Topic
industry
Rio Responds to Building Collapses
Officials in Rio de Janiero have since announced more stringent preventative measures, following last week's building collapse which killed seventeen...
January 31, 2012
Brazil’s Record Car Sales Set to Continue
Brazil sold more vehicles than ever before in 2011, making it the fifth biggest car seller in the world, despite...
January 10, 2012
Green Building in Rio’s Favelas
Recent reclassification and investment in some of Rio’s sprawling favela communities has the green building industry gaining momentum in Brazil.
December 13, 2011
Recycling Carnival
By Marcela Canavarro, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - The idea that Carnival is a democratic event where everybody can...
February 16, 2010
Sugar Recovers but Will Ethanol?
By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_13561" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A field of sugarcane, photo by Simeon."][/caption] RIO DE JANEIRO -...
November 3, 2009
Brazil: Second Best for Jobs
By Bruno De Nicola, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_10894" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Brazil is out of a technical recession, image by criarsites.com"][/caption]...
September 15, 2009