Brazil Bus Fare Protests to Continue: Daily
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Protests over increased bus fares are set to continue in the cities of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Brasília on...
View ArticleMexico Overcome Japan 2×1: Daily
By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Even though Mexico and Japan have already been eliminated from the Confederations Cup‘s Group A, both teams put on a lively fight at...
View ArticleDemonstrations Continue in Brazil: Daily
By Chesney Hearst, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Despite the revocation of bus fare increases in many cities on Thursday and Friday’s announcement of a three-pronged public services’...
View ArticleBrazil Face Old Foe in Cup Semi Final
By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil are set to face South American rivals Uruguay in the semi-finals of the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup today (Wednesday,...
View Article50,000 Protest in Belo Horizonte: Daily
By Anna Kaiser, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Fifty thousand protested throughout Belo Horizonte yesterday during the Confederations Cup Semi-Final match between Brazil and Uruguay....
View ArticleBrazil Through to Confeds Cup Final: Daily
By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Seleção (Brazilian national team) are through to the FIFA Confederations Cup Final after defeating Uruguay 2-1 yesterday...
View ArticleUnions Stir Brazil Protest Movement: Daily
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Around 100,000 people, mainly unionized workers, in over 150 cities across Brazil staged strikes on Thursday. Protesters in all of the...
View ArticleWorld Cup Host City: Mineirão Ready for Play
By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL – One of the most famous arenas in Brazilian football, the Mineirão Stadium in Belo Horizonte, is ready and raring to go for the...
View ArticleBrazil Protests Against World Cup Before Match: Daily
By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – For the 2014 FIFA World Cup opening match in Brazil, the day started with protests, but ended with samba. Protesters were up early on Thursday...
View ArticleBelo Horizonte Bridge Collapse in Brazil: Daily
By Chesney Hearst, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On the afternoon of Thursday, July 3rd an overpass in the World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte, collapsed. The falling overpass...
View ArticleAtlético-MG Beat Cruzeiro to Win Copa do Brasil 2014
By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Atlético Minas Gerais win the second leg of the Copa do Brasil final in the Mineirão stadium with 1×0 and are crowned Cup champion....
View ArticleGetting Around: Traveling by Bus in Brazil
By Georgia Grimond, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Making use of Brazil’s extensive coach network has always been a good way to get around the country. Without a train system, buses...
View ArticleInhotim: Travel to an Art Lovers’ Eden in Rural Brazil
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Sitting atop a lush and expansive plateau about an hour’s drive south-west of Belo Horizonte is one of Brazil’s best-kept...
View ArticleBrazil’s Bruno Soares in Australian Open Tennis Finals
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Playing in only their third event together, Bruno Soares, from Belo Horizonte, and Jamie Murray, from Scotland, are proving to...
View ArticleUber Protests and Controversy Continue in Rio and Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Uber services in Brazil continue to draw heated conflict from taxi drivers and Uber motorists themselves. While in Rio, taxi drivers...
View ArticleBelo Horizonte: Experience a Food-Lover’s City in Brazil
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Famous for its rustic fare, the food of Minas Gerais can be found in many of Brazil’s big cities. To get a taste of the real...
View ArticleBrazil and USA Women’s Football Win in 2016 Rio Olympic Openers
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The long-anticipated 2016 Rio Olympics kicked off on Wednesday, August 3rd, two days ahead of the August 5th opening ceremony, with the...
View ArticleBrazil Humbles Argentina 3-0 in 2018 World Cup Qualifier
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Thursday, November 10th, Brazil’s national football (soccer) club, the seleção, returned to Belo Horizonte, the scene of arguably the...
View ArticleBrazil’s Commercial Real Estate Prices Fall Again in February
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to the latest FipeZAP Commercial Index, Brazil’s commercial real estate continued to tumble from January 2017 to February 2017....
View ArticleBrazil Residential Real Estate Sales Down for Fourth Month
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to the latest FipeZAP Index, which tracks residential real estate sale prices in Brazil’s twenty biggest cities, prices...
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