Brazil Halts NGO Payments for 30 Days: Daily
Rousseff ordered a thirty-day inquiry into all contracts signed by Brazilian federal government agencies with NGOs, suspending all transactions.
November 1, 2011Topic
Rio News
New Oil Royalties Plan Threatens Rio Revenue
A bill to distribute oil royalties more evenly among Brazil’s 27 states received approval from Brazil’s Senate last Wednesday, October...
October 25, 2011
Family Halloween With InC and the Gringo Café
The InC (International Club of Rio de Janeiro) and the Gringo Café, are hosting a Halloween party for children and...
October 25, 2011
Rio Could Miss Seeing Seleção in World Cup
Rio run the risk of not seeing the Seleção (Brazilian national team) play during the 2014 World Cup after FIFA...
October 25, 2011
Halloween Parties in Rio de Janeiro for 2011
Halloween may not be as big in Brazil as it is in the U.S., but there are still loads of...
October 25, 2011
The Curmudgeon Below the Salt II
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A recent Curmudgeon column dealt with the bind President Dilma found...
October 25, 2011
SUS Doctors in Brazil Strike in 21 States: Daily
Nearly 100,000 doctors and health workers of the Unified Health System (SUS) in 21 states of Brazil will protest against...
October 25, 2011
Federal Hospital to go on Strike in Rio: Daily
Doctors and hospital staff at Jacarepaguá’s Federal Hospital Cardoso Fontes have announced they will strike beginning this Monday, October 24th.
October 21, 2011
Nova Lapa Jazz’s Wednesday Moves to Centro
Nova Lapa Jazz’s hugely popular Wednesday night jazz show in Lapa is to move to the Praça Albino Pinheiro in...
August 16, 2011