Tag: Rio
Getting the Olympics to Brazil Cost US$ 2 Million in Bribes, According to Police
The head of Brazil’s Olympic committee allegedly paid a US$ 2 million bribe to ...
100 Policemen Killed in Rio this Year, One Every 57 Hours
The number of police officers killed so far this year in the Brazilian city ...
World’s Top Slave Importer, Brazil Wants to Preserve a Marketplace that Sold Africans
A wharf in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro used as a marketplace ...
Rio’s Favela Residents Go to Copacabana Beach to Denounce Violence and Authorities’ Neglect
Hundreds of favela residents have rallied on Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous Copacabana beach, weary ...
Latin America’s Homicide Epidemic Can Be Cured. It Just Needs a New Approach
In the 1990s, the capital of Colombia’s mountainous Antioquia province Medellin had one of ...
An Evangelical Mayor Threatens to End Rio’s Carnaval
Rio de Janeiro without Carnaval? Unimaginable! But Rio’s city hall and its revelers are ...
Can’t Maintain Order? In Brazil They Call the Army
Brazil’s military is getting a serious workout these days. The authorities have recently deployed ...
A Sample of João do Rio, a Chronicler of a Frenetic Rio a Century Ago
João do Rio was an exuberant journalist. He was exuberant in his style of ...
The Number of Foreign Tourists in Brazil Is Dismal. The Country Needs a More Positive Narrative
It is home to the largest rainforest in the world. It has miles of ...
A Wandering Brazilian Poet Who Sees His Cultural Upbringing as Blessing and Curse
“Name at least one way to tame the upsurges of tiresome suns, though the ...