Rio Public Ministry to Investigate Cost of Metro Line 4 in Gávea
With an opening date uncertain, the Metro Line 4 Gávea project has been inactive for almost a year while burning...
March 7, 2017Topic
Rio 2016
One of Final Bidders for Rio’s Maracanã Management Drops Out
The CSM/GL Events/Amsterdam Arenas consortium has removed its bid to take over Maracanã Stadium, leaving only French company Lagardère Sports,...
February 23, 2017
Rio’s Abandoned Olympic Park Disappoints Visitors
Following the first sports event held at the Olympic Park since the end of the Rio 2016 Games, visitors to...
February 7, 2017
Rio Officials Negotiating Sale of Olympic Apartments to Civil Workers
Rio Mayor Crivella, Caixa Econômica Federal, and construction company, Carvalho Hosken, hope to soon find occupants for the 3,604 apartments...
February 2, 2017
Rio Court to Force Odebrecht to Maintain the Maracanã Stadium
A Rio State court injunction mandates that the Odebrecht-lead consortium immediately retake the Maracanã Complex's management, or be subject to...
January 15, 2017
Exploring the New Centro and Port Zone of Rio de Janeiro
Primarily only thought of as an area to work or conduct business, today, Rio’s commercial district of Centro is revitalized...
December 9, 2016
No Interest for Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca
The deadline to submit bids to manage the vast Olympic Park site in Barra da Tijuca, came and went on...
December 2, 2016 Fatal Accident During Rio 2016 Disassembly
In recent days, one worker has been killed and another has lost a leg in accidents during disassembly of Rio...
October 6, 2016
Rio Inaugurates Athletes’ Forest at Parque Radical
At the recently re-opened Parque Radical, officials unveil the Athletes’ Forest, which will be home to the twelve thousand seedlings...
September 27, 2016