Olympic Road Cycling Test Event in Rio Deemed a Success
This weekend, cyclists raced the roads from Copacabana to Recreio and the event was deemed a success by athletes and...
August 18, 2015Topic
Race
Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Charleston Reaching Brazil
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Curmudgeon thought that after 37+ years of living here in...
June 22, 2015
Dia da Consciência Negra: Black Awareness Day in Brazil
Despite advances in the past few years, Afro-Brazilians still receive lower wages, are under-represented and are make up the largest...
November 20, 2014
Annual March in Rio Protests Racial Violence by Police
Report indicates 146.5 percent more blacks than whites died in Brazil in 2012 in situations such as homicides, traffic accidents...
August 26, 2014
CCBB Presents Race Films Collection
Beginning July 31st Rio's CCBB will present "Oscar Micheaux: The Black Cinema and Racial Segregation" a retrospective of groundbreaking American...
July 30, 2013
The 2013 Rio Marathon Runs Today: Daily
Over twenty thousand runners from 61 countries will take part in the three races that make up the events of...
July 7, 2013
King and Queen of the Beach Races: Daily
The frist stage of the 2013 Circuito Rei e Rainha do Mar took over the beaches of Leblon, Ipanema and...
March 3, 2013
Rio Half Marathon Fills the Streets: Daily
The 16th edition of the Rio International Half Marathon runs the streets of neighborhoods; São Conrado, Leblon, Ipanema, Copacabana, Botafogo...
August 19, 2012
Brazil’s University Affirmative Action Law
Brazil’s senate has passed a bill requiring federal universities to reserve half their places for public school students and black,...
August 14, 2012