Rousseff and 2010 Brazil Census Results
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has said that the face of poverty in Brazil is one that is “black and female,” which highlighted...
View ArticlePrince Harry in Rio for GREAT Sports Day
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Anglophiles in the Cidade Maravilhosa are in for a treat on March 10th, as the British Consulate of Rio de Janeiro is...
View ArticleBrazil’s University Affirmative Action Law
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – The senate in Brazil last week passed a bill that requires prestigious federal universities to reserve fifty percent of their places for...
View ArticleRio Half Marathon Fills the Streets: Daily
By Mary Carroll, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Motorists have been warned not to leave their cars in Zona Sul (South Zone) on Sunday, August 19th, as the 16th edition of the Rio...
View ArticleKing and Queen of the Beach Races: Daily
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – An estimated three thousand swimmers, joggers, stand up paddlers, triathletes and their supporters were in attendance as the first...
View ArticleThe 2013 Rio Marathon Runs Today: Daily
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Record participation is expected in this year’s Rio Marathon on Sunday, July 7th. More than twenty thousand pre-registered runners will...
View ArticleCCBB Presents Race Films Collection
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Beginning today (Wednesday, July 31st) and running through August 19th, Rio’s Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil (CCBB) will...
View ArticleAnnual March in Rio Protests Racial Violence by Police
By Chris Kudialis, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Friday (August 22nd), hundreds of Rio’s citizens participated in the second annual Marcha InterNacional contra o Genocídio do Povo...
View ArticleDia da Consciência Negra: Black Awareness Day in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – On Thursday, November 20th, Brazil celebrates Consciência Negra (Black Awareness Day) with a little over 18.8 percent of Brazilian...
View ArticleOpinion: The Curmudgeon on Charleston Reaching Brazil
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon thought that after 37+ years of living here in Brazil, nothing in the U.S. could really affect him. He was wrong: the Charleston...
View ArticleOlympic Road Cycling Test Event in Rio Deemed a Success
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – One year before the 2016 Olympic Games hit Rio de Janeiro, the city hosts a series of test events to evaluate facilities,...
View ArticleCeremony in Rio Kicks Off Countdown to 2016 Paralympics
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Organizers of the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games kicked off the ‘one-year-to-go’ mark with test competitions at one of the city’s postcard...
View ArticleSão Paulo Prepares for Brazil’s 93rd São Silvestre Marathon
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Thousands of marathon runners are gearing up for what is considered the most important race event in Latin America, the São Silvestre...
View ArticleHeineken F1 Experience Brings Formula One to Rio’s Botafogo
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This Sunday, November 4th, Heineken will be bringing all the excitement of Formula One to Rio’s trendy Botafogo neighborhood for a free event, ‘Heineken F1 Experience,’ which...
View ArticleFree Showing of ‘Get Out’ at Rio’s Federal University this Tuesday
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This Tuesday, November 27th, starting at 5PM, there will be a free showing of Jordan Peele’s 2017 Oscar-winning film ‘Get Out.’ The...
View ArticleFour Women Murdered Every Day in Brazil in 2019
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In a disturbing new report from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), in only the first few weeks of 2019, 126...
View ArticleRio’s ‘Instituto Moreira Salles’ Shows L.A. Rebellion Films this Weekend
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This Friday, March 15th to Sunday, March 17th, the ‘Instituto Moreira Salles’ (Moreira Salles Institute) in Gávea will be showing films...
View ArticleClip of Brazilian Woman Being Helped Across Flooded Street Generates Online...
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A video of a man helping an old lady across a flooded street in Rio’s Copacabana neighborhood is generating enormous controversy on...
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Dia da Consciência Negra: Black Awareness Day in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – On Thursday, November 20th, Brazil celebrates Consciência Negra (Black Awareness Day) with a little over 18.8 percent of Brazilian...
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Opinion: The Curmudgeon on Charleston Reaching Brazil
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon thought that after 37+ years of living here in Brazil, nothing in the U.S. could really affect him. He was wrong: the Charleston...
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