Culture

Rio Mural Gets Guinness Nod as World’s Largest Graffiti Art

The Ethnicities mural painted by Brazilian graffiti artist Eduardo Kobra at the Olympic Boulevard, ...

It’s High Time Brazil Got Rid of Its Stray-Dog Complex

To bastardize Charles Dickens: It was the worst of times, and it was the ...

Rio Gets a Silver for Olympics Organization, Bronze for Service and Gold for Hospitality

The Rio 2016 Olympic Games are to leave a remarkably positive legacy for Brazil, ...

Rio Gives a Show of Diversity with the Best of Brazil’s Music

Using many visual projections and light effects, Rio 2016 Olympics opening ceremony was a ...

Rio Sets Up Office Against Terror, With Drones and Surveillance Balloons

A lot of people are fretting about the safety of the Rio Olympic Games. ...

A Chance for Rio and Brazil to Shine. But There is Also a Shameful Legacy

The Rio de Janeiro Olympic and Paralympic Games start today after over 39 billion ...

Brazil Throws Its Olympic Party and the World Is Part of It

Brazil will celebrate one of the most anticipated moments in the Olympic Games at ...

Naked in Olympic Rio, in the Name of Veganism

The production of a steak requires as much water as 50 baths. To raise ...

Rio Olympics: Menstrual Cycle and Performance in Hot Weather

New research from Massey University’s College of Health from New Zealand has shed light ...