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Conceptual Rio's Welcome Sign (2016 Olympics) "Solar City Tower", built atop the island of Cotonduba will be the welcome symbol to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. It will be seen by the game visitors and participants as they arrive by air or water.

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The Atlanta-Rio Sister Cities Foundation Gains 501(c)3 Status The Atlanta-Rio de Janeiro Sister Cities Foundation (ARJSCF) received nonprofit 501(c)3 status from the Internal Revenue Service in November 2010. 

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The Challenge of Sister Cities We are living in an international crisis, the gravest of our generation. It will be a great challenge it wins and still find opportunities for solutions to conflicts and social inequalities that we have, especially in the so-called emerging countries.

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    Atlanta-based law firm Morris, Manning & Martin LLP has lured a six-person international trade group away from Troutman Sanders LLP, providing a significant boost to its small District office. Partners making the move include Donald Cameron, Julie Mendoza, Will Planert and Brady Mills. Associate Mary Hodgins and trade analyst Paul McGarr are also coming along. Morris, Manning wants to establish itself as a leader in comprehensive representation of foreign companies wanting to enter the U.S. market, firm leaders said...
  • The Reel Thing: Oscar nominations and ruminations
    Oscar nominations are out and probably the only thing Oscar addicts enjoy as much as second-guessing the eventual winners is second-guessing who got nominated and who got snubbed. Here are some random thoughts on last Tuesday’s naming names. Best Picture “The Artist” “The Descendants” “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” “The Help” “Hugo” “Midnight in Paris” “Moneyball” “The Tree of Life” “War Horse” With the Best Picture category expanded to anywhere between 5 and 10, you’d think there wouldn’t be any snubs...
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  • How Brazil Is Getting Ready to Crush an Expected US Invasion of the Amazon


    Brazilian Army in the jungle Nothing better than to start the year trying to play a guess game: which was the most ecologically regrettable episode in 2011? In our view, it was the fact that former minister Marina Silva left the Green Party (Partido Verde), something that will rekindle the dispute waged for decades or even centuries over the sovereignty in the Amazon.

  • Amid Explosive Growth Brazil's Internet Stumbles over Hacking, Piracy and Censorship


    Censorship in Brazilian Internet As a rising star on the global stage and as the current financial model that many other Latin American states wish to emulate, Brazil is viewed as the poster child for regional development. With that said, one aspect of Brazil's extraordinary pace of growth that has not been widely discussed is how widespread Internet usage is in the Portuguese-speaking giant.

  • US's New Policy to Drive Brazil Away from Iran Is Powered by Alcohol


    A meeting between Lula and Ahmadinejad in Teheran President Obama's authorization of the expulsion of the Venezuelan consul general from that country's consulate office has further deteriorated relations between the two countries. Although the Obama administration has not been explicit as to the reason for the expulsion, the action is within Washington's legal right.

  • The Brazilian Farce: Celebrating World's Most Miserable 6th Largest Economy


    Poverty and wealth Having gone through the year-end celebrations we were left with the feeling that 2011, as a whole, will not be missed: it will be marked as one of the most mediocre political years, characterized by successive crises involving the three branches of government. I don't know which one most haunts my fears, what I know is they all exacerbate my deepest suspicion.

  • "The New Crop of Brazilian Illegals Coming to the US Is the Scum of the Earth"


    Jim Rizoli In spite of its cold winters, the state of Massachusetts has been very attractive to Brazilian immigrants, who now form one of the largest and most vibrant expat Brazilian groups (second only to Florida), where they have established businesses like restaurants, bakeries, language schools and capoeira centers.

News in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • More Survivors Unlikely in Collapse: Daily
    By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – More bodies have been recovered from the rubble of Wednesday’s multiple building collapse in the Centro district of Rio de Janeiro, bringing the confirmed death toll to seventeen at the time of writing. Burials of the first victims have already taken place. Officials say [...]


  • Rescue Work Continues in Rio: Daily
    By Laura Madden, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The death toll in the multiple building collapse on Wednesday night in Rio de Janeiro’s Cinelândia area of Centro remains at six, according to the Medical-Legal Institute (IML). A Globo TV report early Friday morning lists the number of people missing at 27 in total. [...]


  • Death Toll Rises in Centro Rio: Daily
    By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Emergency services and rescue workers have started finding bodies in the remains of the three buildings which collapsed last night in the Cinelândia area of Centro in Rio de Janeiro. As of 1:30 PM on Wednesday, three people are confirmed dead, and at least [...]


  • Three Buildings Collapse Rio: Daily
    By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A number of people have been injured after two high-rise buildings – one twenty floors high – collapsed following an explosion, allegedly caused by a gas leak, late last night in the downtown area of Rio de Janeiro. A smaller building – under construction – also collapsed. [...]


  • Brazil’s Annual Budget Planning Season
    By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff summoned her government to the annual ministerial meeting on Monday to take stock of the past year, and set out plans and goals for 2012, she must have been only too conscious of the balancing act her government will [...]


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