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The 2012 London Olympic Games are just around the corner, opening July 27th and stretching until August 12th. For those interested in witnessing athletics at its best, there are still travel options available, and with the London 2012 Festival paralleling it, there may never be a better time to visit London. Countdown Clock to the [...]
For those who want to visit the Cidade Maravilhosa and do more then soak in the beach, there are a host of NGOs (non-profit organizations) that offer volunteer opportunities in many favelas and underprivileged communities. In a city offering a wide variety of beauty, landscapes and culture, there is an equally wide range of needs [...]
For both short-term visitors and those living in Rio, a nice day trip escape from the crowded beaches of Zona Sul (South Zone) is the sprawling coastline of Barra de Tijuca and Recreio Beach in Zona Oeste (West Zone). Tranquil nature and serene beaches as well as restaurants and shopping malls can be found just hours outside [...]
President Dilma Rousseff traveled to Washington D.C. Sunday, April 8th for discussions on the international economic crisis, the Rio+20 Conference, and the new student exchange program, Science Without Borders (“Ciência sem Fronteiras”). On Monday, April 9th, she was at the White House for talks and lunch with the American President Barack Obama. President Rousseff greets U.S. President [...]
Government and police officials are developing new anti-corruption measures, spurred in part by recent events in Rocinha, the largest favela in Rio’s Zona Sul (South Zone). A UPP (Police Pacification Unit) is slated to be installed in Rocinha this year, but in addition to the increase in crime sincepacification began, police in the favela are [...]
At a meeting for the Brazilian federal government’s program “Minha Casa, Minha Vida” (My House, My Life) yesterday, President Dilma Rousseff proclaimed that, in contrary to many “developed” countries, Brazil’s income equality is improving. The president said “Brazil is [going] counter-current, sees the importance of quality of life of its population, and therefore, I am [...]
WHY THE AMAZON? The Brazilian Amazon doesn’t have shopping malls with air conditioning, or restaurants with a room temperature of 70º F/20º C, but the world’s biggest forest offers unique and spectacular features. No one can be indifferent to the croaks of the frogs and toads at night, to the chant of the monkeys in [...]
Think in Manaus, for Amazon tours. The easiest way to get a quick and satisfactory experience of the Amazon begins with a flight to Manaus. If you want a good tropical hotel, or a tropical resort, think in this city. Manaus, itself, is an oddity, reflecting unreasonable dreams of industrialization of Brazil. The city has [...]
The Iguassu Falls (or Iguazu Falls, in Spanish-Argentinean; or Iguaçu / Iguacu Falls in Portuguese-Brazilian) are situated in Brazil’s south, at the Iguassu river, 650 Km/390 miles from the Brazilian coast, near the boarder with Argentine. They are part of a National Park with the same name, divided between Brazil and Argentine. The Falls appear [...]
Nightlife and fun are an inextricable part of Rio de Janeiro… But Rio has many faces, and different degrees of animation. Copacabana is the hottest place, and the queen of the night. But you can consider others places: Ipanema, Barra, etc. Here are some hints: Rio Copacabana nightlife and fun As a residential area, Copacabana [...]