Rio Infrastructure Needs R$16B: Daily
Rio de Janeiro will need to invest some R$15.8 billion in both public investment and private funding by 2020 to...
February 13, 2012Topic
infrastructure
New Bus System in Leblon and Ipanema
On August 20th the ‘Bus Rapid System,’ a fast bus line on a special corridor also known as BRS, will...
August 16, 2011
Passos Steps Up as New Transport Minister
President Dilma Rousseff appointed Paulo Sergio Passos as new Transport Minister after Nacimento scandal.
July 26, 2011
Brazil Faces 2014 Infrastructure Race
By Nathan E Williams, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Tuesday November 10, 2009 a massive power failure...
April 12, 2011
PAC Progress in São Paulo
By Anna Fitzpatrick, Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The initial growth acceleration program, or PAC, planned for 2007 to...
February 22, 2011
Renovating Rio for WC and Olympics
By Mira Olson, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANIERO - Preparations to receive millions of tourists during the 2014 World Cup...
April 6, 2010
PAC: Growth Program Boosts in 2010
By Karen Shishiptorova, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_7894" align="alignleft" width="205" caption="Chief of Staff Ms. Dilma Rousseff after presenting the PAC press...
August 4, 2009
Lapa Clean-Up Draws Investors
By Virgilio Arnaut, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_5632" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A typical street scene in Lapa, photo by Virgílio Arnaut."][/caption] RIO...
July 7, 2009