Tensions rise ahead of this weekend’s vote in Brazil
With five days to go until the first round of Brazil’s general election, it has been an eventful weekend…
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Category: Rio de Janeiro
World’s largest urban forest receives funding from Brazilian government to guarantee its conservation
Tijuca Forest, one of Rio de Janeiro’s two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, has received funding from…
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Over a week on, who is being blamed for Brazil’s National Museum fire?
On the evening of Sunday September 2, a tragic fire swept through Brazil’s National Museum, destroying…
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Amidst demonstrations of support, presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro to undergo second surgery
Since the knife attack on presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro last Thursday, September 6, it seems…
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Surfers find solace in their daily dose of vitamin sea amidst vastly polluted waters
No one will contest that pollution is an issue across the globe. It is a problem that transcends geographic…
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South America’s oldest human remains “Luzia” destroyed in Brazil museum blaze
The remains of Luzia were twelve metres below the earth when they found her; her skeleton scattered…
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Fire that destroyed contents of Brazil’s 200 year-old National Museum sparks protests
“An incalculable loss,” is the way that Brazil’s President Michel Temer described the blaze that…
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Despite initial protests, Brazil reopens first ‘Queer Museum’
A temporary exhibition dedicated to the diversity of Brazil’s queer community has re-opened this month…
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More military police security operations in Rio’s favelas result in officer deaths
In a context of recent spikes in violence and homicide levels, military police operations in Rio’s…
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U.S. Defense Secretary kicks off South America tour in Brazil
On Monday Aug. 13, U.S. Defense Secretary James N. Mattis arrived in Brasilia for his first official…
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