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Foreign Doctors Arrive in Brazil: Daily 26 Aug 2013 | 05:41 pm
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A total of 644 doctors from abroad arrived in Brazil this weekend as part of the government’s controversial Programa Mais Médic...
Vasco Draw 1×1 in Brasileirão: Daily 26 Aug 2013 | 05:13 pm
By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The sixteenth round of the 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro was one to forget for Carioca clubs, with the four teams earning a solit...
Cost of Brazilian Breakfast Rises: Daily 25 Aug 2013 | 05:57 pm
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian breakfasts are taking bigger bites out of consumers’ wallets, as recent research conducted by the Getúlio Vargas Foun...
Fla Lose to Grêmio in Brasileirão: Daily 25 Aug 2013 | 05:18 pm
By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Flamengo lost 1-0 to Grêmio yesterday evening in the sixteenth round of the 2013 Campeonato Brasileiro at the Estádio Mané Gar...
2014 FIFA World Cup Tickets on Sale: Daily 24 Aug 2013 | 12:25 pm
By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Football fans from all over the world can now request the tickets for their preferred game for the 2014 World Cup, as the first appli...
Clarice Falcão’s Circo Voador Debut: Daily 23 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Clarice Falcão will make her Circo Voador debut tonight (Friday, August 23rd). The multi-talented actress, comedian, screenwrit...
Bus CPI Protests Continue in Rio: Daily 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Protests in front of Rio’s Municipal Assembly against the CPI dos Ônibus – a parliamentary commission of inquiry into city bus licens...
Flu Win 1×0 in Copa do Brasil: Daily 22 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Fluminense beat Goiás 1-0 last night in the final first leg of the final sixteen in the Copa do Brasil (Brazil Cup) at the Mar...
Rio Starts Issuing Littering Fines: Daily 22 Aug 2013 | 03:39 pm
By Anna Kaiser, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Rio’s “Lixo Zero” (Zero Trash) program went into full swing last Tuesday, after being postponed in July. The anti-littering campaign, whi...
Teacher Strike in Rio Defies Ultimatum 21 Aug 2013 | 05:08 am
By Matthew Elliott, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Striking teachers from the local and state networks held a demonstration on Sunday, August 18th to protest the ultimatum issued by Ci...
