Rousseff Sanctions ‘Youth Statute’: Daily
President Rousseff has sanctioned the long-debated Youth Statute, which grants half-price access for students and poor young people to cultural,...
August 6, 2013Topic
transport
Rio Prepares for WYD as Pilgrims Arrive
In anticipation of WYD extraordinary measures have been prescribed to ensure that transport and security remain as smooth as possible...
July 16, 2013
Unions Stir Brazil Protest Movement: Daily
Strikes and protests by unionized workers across Brazil on July 11th disrupted ports, roads, public transport and other public services.
July 12, 2013
Brazil Protests Await Government Action
The wave of mass demonstrations throughout Brazil has peaked for now, but Brazil’s protest movement, currently at a truce with...
July 2, 2013
WYD Safety Guaranteed Despite Protests
With the wave of protests continuing across Brazil, and the Confederations Cup drawing to a close, attention has turned to...
June 25, 2013
Rio: Leading the Way for Brazil’s First Electric Vehicle Factory
In a time when people are questioning the status quo of Brazilian politics, we should take this opportunity to question...
June 25, 2013
Rousseff Offers Pacts on Reforms: Daily
President Rousseff has delivered her vision of wide-ranging reforms for a country that has “ground to a halt” under the...
June 25, 2013
Over a Million Protest in Brazil: Daily
ver a million people are estimated to have taken to the streets in Brazil’s state capitals on Thursday evening, with...
June 21, 2013
Economic Worries Stoke Brazil Protests
Hundreds of thousands of protesters in São Paulo, Rio and across Brazil have taken to the streets in protests sparked...
June 18, 2013