New Site for World Cup Tourist Parking in Rio: Daily
Rio opens a new tourist parking site after the city's South Zone neighborhood of Leme saw an influx illegally parked...
June 20, 2014Topic
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Brazil to Monitor World Cup Prices: Daily
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff created a committee to monitor abusive price hikes and the quality of services provided during the...
October 18, 2013
Rio Starts Ban of Public Transit Vans: Daily
Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes issued a decree banning public transport vans from operating in most of the...
April 12, 2013
Rio Reacts After Violent Van Attack
A thirteen-year-old believed to have acted as the fare collector for the public transit van in which two foreign tourists...
April 9, 2013
Tourists Robbed in Tijuca Forest: Daily
Ten German tourists were robbed at gunpoint on a guided tour in Tijuca National Forest on Thursday morning, their van...
April 6, 2013
Tourist Couple Attacked in Rio Van: Daily
Two men are accused of robbing, raping and holding a foreign tourist couple hostage for six hours in a passenger...
April 1, 2013
Record Cruise Ships Tourists in Rio
This year broke new records in the number of travelers arriving by cruise ship – an estimated 80,000 people through...
February 19, 2013
Tourist Dragged by Taxi Over R$4: Daily
A taxi driver who dragged a tourist, a Colombian traveling with her family, to avoid giving R$4 in change in...
December 21, 2012
Rio’s Sugarloaf Cable Car Turns 100: Daily
The Bondinho do Pão de Açúcar - the Sugarloaf Mountain cable car – celebrates its centenary this Saturday, October 27th.
October 27, 2012