Vale Leads Brazil’s Mining Industry
Ever since Brazil’s days as a Portuguese colony, the country’s economy has always had a close relationship with mining. Mining...
January 31, 2012Topic
Minas Gerais
Brazil Reacts to Multi-State Floods: Daily
The Chief of Staff in Brazil, Gleisi Hoffmann, coordinated a meeting with five ministries to coordinate federal support to flooding...
January 9, 2012
Escaping Carnival
By Alison McGowan, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Carnival may well be Brazil’s most famous celebration, and the...
February 22, 2011
Visiting Minas Gerais
By Alison McGowan Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Historical towns and rural landscapes are just a couple of...
February 8, 2011
Affordable Travel Options in Brazil
By Alison McGowan, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Affordable travel are words on everyone's lips at the moment...
January 25, 2011
Off the Beaten Track, Travel Trend
By Alison McGowan Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Whilst Brazil’s famed cities of Rio de Janeiro and Salvador...
January 11, 2011
World Cup City: Belo Horizonte
By Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - As The Rio Times continues its look at the cities selected...
September 14, 2010
Carnival Across Brazil
By Christine Wipfli, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - With Carnival fever in full swing, Brazilians as well as foreigners...
February 16, 2010
48 Hours in Belo Horizonte
By Sarah Coursey, Editor [caption id="attachment_8691" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Palacio da Liberdade, a building on the Praca de Liberdade, illuminated at...
August 18, 2009