Category: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Female Artists in Rio Promote Women’s Rights Via Painting

Before leaving her home each day to teach art to children, Mariluce Maria de Souza must factor in extra time to account for the shootings and other eruptions of violence that occur daily in Alemao, Rio de Janeiro’s largest complex of slums, or favelas. The 35-year-old mother sometimes has to cancel a session teaching painting to children because the journey to class is just too dangerous.

SES and SPI/FILMBOX Sign Capacity Deal to Distribute HD Channels in Latin America

SES S.A. , the world-leading satellite operator, announced today that it has signed a multi-year capacity agreement with Group , a global media company that operates more than 30 TV channels, to support the company’s expansion in Latin America and distribute its HD channels in the region. SPI will extend its reach in Latin America thanks to the C-band capacity of NSS-806, which covers the entire region in one single beam and is capable of reaching about 90% of all pay TV subscribers in South America.

The Rio Carnival Masterpiece Heist

In 2006, thieves took advantage of the bustle of the Rio Carnival, stealing five major works of art from a museum and ending up on the FBI’s Top Ten Art Crimes list. As anyone who has ever watched a good art heist flick knows, the key is in the planning.

Brazil’s sexy Carnival puts Pentecostal mayor in tight spot

While campaigning last year to become Rio de Janeiro’s mayor, Marcelo Crivella, a retired Pentecostal bishop, insisted his faith would not get in the way of governing the nation’s most famous city. The former gospel singer and missionary, a high-profile member of one of Brazil’s most powerful evangelical churches, captured 59 percent of the vote and took office Jan. 1. But less than two months into his four-year term, Crivella’s promises are about to be tested by Carnival, Rio’s annual weeklong party often marked by heavy drinking and drug use, wild sex and round-the-clock dancing.

Even at anything-goes Carnival, these lyrics raise eyebrows

In this Feb. 19, 2017 photo, a couple dances during the “If you don’t give me….then you lend me” Carnival street party on Ipanema beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The typical view of Carnival in Brazil is anything goes, with no headdress too big, no outfit too small, no song too ribald, but this year some organizers of the world’s best known party are drawing the line at lyrics that are sexist, homophobic or racist.

Cemig CFO Castellari leaves for Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala, says source: Reuters

Paulo Castellari, who was named chief financial officer of Brazilian power utility Cia EnergA tica de Minas Gerais SA only two months ago, is joining Mubadala Development Co PJSC , a source told Reuters on Tuesday. Castellari formalized his departure from Cemig on Monday after receiving an offer to join the Abu Dhabi investment fund, the source, who has direct knowledge of the matter, said.

Rio Carnival revelers hunt for bargains amid economic crisis

” Instead of costly and elaborate costumes with glittering sequins, expect more cheap getups featuring fake mustaches, hats and tiaras at this year’s Carnival. Revelers are bargain-hunting ahead of Rio de Janeiro’s world famous party, which is about to kick off amid a prolonged economic crisis that is hurting pocketbooks and the myriad businesses that depend on the bash for a large part of their annual incomes.

YDreams Global Creates an Innovative Interactive Experience for Rio de Janeiro’s Energy Museum

News: YDreams Global Interactive Technologies Inc. / Key word :Miscellaneous14.02.2017 / 09:01The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this British Columbia– – YDreamsGlobal Interactive Technologies Inc. , wishes to announce that it has createdinnovative interactive features for the Light Museum in Rio de Janeiro . The Museum is sponsored by Light – one of the main electricitydistribution companies responsible for supplying power to over 10 millionconsumers in the city.

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Relatives of Military Police members are demanding better salaries and labor… . Uniforms painted with red ink to symbolize blood, are set on the ground by relatives of military police members during a protest in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Feb 10, 2017.

Vasco name ex-Brazil striker Fabiano in squad

Vasco da Gama on Friday revealed they are close to signing Luis Fabiano by registering the former Brazil international striker in their squad for the Rio de Janeiro state championship. But his availability hinges on whether he is able to rescind his contract with Tianjin Quanjian, according to the Globo newspaper.

Military police families’ protest paralyzes Brazilian state

Protests by friends and family of military police officers in a coastal Brazilian state have touched off a crime wave and forced the shutdown of some state services, authorities said Monday. At the request of the Espirito Santo state government, federal troops began arriving Monday night to help patrol the streets.

Brazil sends troops to state torn by violence due to police strike

Brazil’s president on Monday ordered 200 troops to the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, where a police strike in recent days sparked a wave of violence including what is already believed to be dozens of murders. The law enforcement stoppage in a state struggling with a budget shortfall is the latest example of how depleted public finances, amid Brazil’s worst recession on record, are crippling even basic health services, education and security in some states.

Arrest warrant issued for fallen Brazilian billionaire

Authorities in Brazil have issued an arrest warrant for former billionaire Eike Batista, the latest business leader implicated in a giant corruption investigation. Batista, once ranked by Forbes as the world’s seventh-richest man, is the most recent target of Operation Car Wash, an alleged multi-billion-dollar kickback scheme that has led to the arrest of hundreds of politicians and business moguls.

Brazilian Judge Handling Graft Probe Dies in Plane Crash

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Supreme Court justice in Brazil dies in plane crash

In this March 4, 2015, file photo, Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki attends a session of the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil. Zavascki’s son said that his father was on a plane that crashed off the coast of the city in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017.

Hearts, intestines ripped out in Brazil prison killing spree

Relatives attend the burial of an inmate killed in a prison riot, at the Parque Taruma cemetery, in Manaus, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. The killing of dozens of inmates in two Brazilian prisons put Amazonas Gov. Jose Melo under fire and led him to say that that there were “no saints,” among the victims.

Trump Organization cancels business talks in 3 countries

The Trump Organization has cancelled talks over possible projects in Brazil, Argentina and India as the president-elect pulls back from deal-making less than three weeks before taking office. Trump lawyer Alan Garten said Wednesday that the company has cancelled a “memorandum of understanding” to continue discussions with local partners over possible office towers in Rio de Janeiro.

Get Ready to Rio! with Chef Hubert Keller

As the world’s attention turns to Rio de Janeiro for the August 2016 Olympics, Chef Hubert Keller explores and celebrates Rio’s exciting and vibrant culinary scene. In the show, Chef Keller talks with and learns from Rio’s most celebrated chefs, popular street food vendors, a brewmaster, and Brazilian cookbook author.

At Least 60 Killed In Prison Riot In Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 3 — At least 60 people were killed during a riot over the weekend at a prison in Brazil. The revolt which lasted nearly 20 hours started on Sunday afternoon as part of a rivalry between two criminal organizations at the Anisio Jobim Prison Complex in the city of Manaus.

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Tasmanian man Rye Duval Hunt was declared missing in Rio De Janeiro after disappearing from the city’s international airport on May 21. Mr Hunt and a friend were at Rio De Janeiro International Airport deciding on their next destination when they split after getting into a heated discussion. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop confirmed a body found washed up on a Brazil beach on June 9 was Mr Hunt.

Greek ambassador to Brazil killed; widow and 2 men questioned

Brazilian police are questioning the widow of the Greek ambassador to that country, along with a military police officer described as her lover and another man in the death of the diplomat, authorities said Friday. Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis, 59, had been missing since Monday, Evaristo Pontes Magalhaes, a police investigator in the Baixada Fluminense state, said Friday at a news conference.

Brazil police suspect wife in murder of Greek ambassador: TV report

A burned car in which a body was found during searches for the Greek Ambassador for Brazil Kyriakos Amiridis, is pictured at a police station in Belford Roxo, Brazil December 30, 2016. Rio de Janeiro investigators suspect that Greece’s ambassador to Brazil was murdered at the behest of his wife and a police officer with whom she was romantically involved, Globo TV reported on Friday, citing police sources.

Brazil police suspect wife in murder of Greek ambassador: TV report

A burned car in which a body was found during searches for the Greek Ambassador for Brazil Kyriakos Amiridis, is pictured at a police station in Belford Roxo, Brazil December 30, 2016. Rio de Janeiro investigators suspect that Greece’s ambassador to Brazil was murdered at the behest of his wife and a police officer with whom she was romantically involved, Globo TV reported on Friday, citing police sources.