New UPPs for Complexo da Penha: Daily
Complexo da Penha favela community in Rio’s Zona Norte (North Zone) is set to have two UPPs (Police Pacification Units)...
June 1, 2012Topic
Rio
Rocinha Mais Verde NGO at Rio+20
The Rocinha Mais Verde, or Green My Favela, project, which encourages residents to grow their own vegetable gardens for food,...
May 29, 2012
Rio Harley Davidson in Shopping Leblon
Harley Davidson motorcycles have seen the emergence of a two-story showroom in Recreio, along with the latest edition, a store...
May 29, 2012
The Queens Diamond Jubilee in Rio
Rio toasts her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, on her Diamond Jubilee year in which she commemorates...
May 29, 2012
Anarkia Boladona, Feminism and Graffiti
In the past women were all but absent from the street art in Rio, but this is quickly changing, thanks...
May 22, 2012
City to Limit Rio+20 Hotels Rates: Daily
A month before the opening of the official Rio+20, hotel rates will be reduced from 25 percent to sixty percent,...
May 19, 2012
Rio Accommodations Slim for Rio+20
The United Nations’ Rio+20 conference is weeks away, and with over 95 percent of the city’s hotels booked to capacity,...
May 15, 2012
Noel Gallagher in Rio, Thursday, May 3rd
Noel Gallagher, once member of the now disbanded but immensely popular British rock group Oasis, will be performing live in...
May 1, 2012
U.S. Defense Secretary Panetta Visits Brazil
U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is visiting Brazil as part of a wider Latin American tour to forge deeper...
April 24, 2012