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Rio's uphill battle to host the Games


Rio's uphill battle to host the Games

Rio de Janeiro has many aspects, it is the party capital of Brazil, the internationally recognized face of the country, the most visited city in Brazil, the crime capital of South America, a city with some of the highest drug use statistics and, more recently, the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Winning that particular war has not been easy.

Rio de Janeiro, this bustling city of 6 million people (14 million if one includes the greater metro area) is the second largest city in Brazil and is famous for its statue Christ the Redeemer, which sits atop Corcovado Mountain and has looked down upon the city for almost 100 years. It is also famous for the internat ... more


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Rio de Janeiro displays a unique blend of contrasts: old versus new, tremendous wealth amid crushing poverty, an urban metropolis nestled around mountains and a huge forest. And all of this is symbolically embraced in the outstretched arms of Cristo Redentor, the statue of Christ atop Corcovado Mountain.

Elaborate parades impelled by the drums of samba schools transform Rio during Carnaval, a four-day holiday in February or early March. But if the buzz of the city becomes too much, there's always an easy escape. Spending an afternoon at a seaside cafe, hypnotized by the view.


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Saturday 28th January, 2012

    • France's PSG signs Brazilian Alex

    Rio de Janeiro News.Net

    Brazilian defender Alex joined French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) on a two-and-half years' contract, the club confirmed. The Ligue 1 leaders had been tracking the 29-year-old Brazilian ...

    • Independent UN expert calls on Brazil to suspend Soo Paulo evictions

    Rio de Janeiro News.Net

    An independent United Nations human rights expert today urged Brazilian authorities to suspend evictions from the Pinheirinho settlement in So Paulo and find durable solutions with ...

    • Bank robber 'accidentally' shoots himself in foot

    Rio de Janeiro News.Net

    A bank robber was nabbed by the Brazilian police, after he shot himself in the foot during the break-in. The incident was caught on a CCTV camera, during the raid in a small town in the state of ...

  • Brazil's unemployment rate reaches record low

    Rio de Janeiro News.Net

    Brazil's unemployment rate fell to a record-low 4.7 percent in December from the 5.3 percent in the same period in 2010, the government's statistics agency said. The average unemployment rate in ...

  • Bollywood tests Latin American waters with 'Guzaarish'

    Rio de Janeiro News.Net

    Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai starrer 'Guzaarish' - meaning 'request' in English - is set for a Peru release in February this year, as Bollywood looks towards newer markets. 'Guzaarish' deals ...

  • Brazil 2011 Lending Volume Up 19% Despite High Costs

    General Sources

    BRASILIA – Lending volume in Brazil rose 19% in 2011 as businesses and consumers continued heavy borrowing despite high interest rates and a sluggish economy, the central bank said ...

  • Latin America Sees Own Past in West’s Economic Crises

    International Herald Tribune

    A subway station in So Paulo, Brazil, which has a thriving financial sector. Some analysts see the situation in the West as "Latin America, circa ...

  • Brazil president says asylum offer to adulterous Iran woman is humanitarian gesture

    Sify

    The decision to give refuge to a convicted Iranian woman should be seen as a humanitarian act without political motives, said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. "I made the offer ...

  • NY juice jumps as fungicide found in Brazil juice

    General Sources

    orange juice . The key March frozen concentrated orange juice contract climbed 7.00 cents, up by 3.3 percent, to trade at $2.136 per lb at 12:05 p.m. EST (1705 GMT), just under the session top of ...

  • America Movil to get control of Brazil's Net

    Reuters

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Cell phone company America Movil, owned by Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, said on Friday it had approval from Brazil's telecom watchdog Anatel to take control of cable ...

  • Six killed as three buildings collapse in Rio de Janeiro

    M & C

    Rio de Janeiro - The death toll climbed to six from the collapse of three buildings in the centre of Rio de Janeiro, GloboNews TV reported online Friday, after more bodies were recovered ...

  • Paraguay president 'cancer free'

    BBC

    Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has made a full recovery from cancer, doctors treating him in Brazil say. Follow-up tests confirmed that his lymphatic cancer was in "complete ...

  • Virgin Mary, Patron of Brazil, to Be Enthroned in Slovakia

    EWTN

    Image Is Copy of Our Lady of AparecidaAPARECIDA, Brazil, JAN. 16, 2012 (Zenit.org).- The archbishop of Aparecida will participate this week in the enthronement of an image of Our Lady of Aparecida ...

  • Brazilian duo ease Jazira towards Etisalat Cup semi-finals

    The National

    In a Group A match in Ras Al Khaimah, Al Wahda, in red, kept alive their flickering hopes of advancing to the Etisalat Cup semi-finals by defeating Emirates 2-0. Ramesh / Al ...

  • Brazilian Gov´t Analyzes Eviction of Pinheirinho

    Prensa Latina

    Brasilia, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) The Brazilian government is analyzing the situation of 1,600 families evicted by force from a neighbourhood called Pinheirinho in the city of Sao Paulo, after ...

  • Paraguay: New Plan against the Foot and Mouth Disease

    Prensa Latina

    Asuncion, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) As of February 1st, Paraguay will start to implement a new method against the foot and mouth disease, in the wake of two outbreaks of the illness hitting the country ...

  • Debates at Thematic Social Forum Continue in Brazil

    Prensa Latina

    Brasilia, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) The 2012 Thematic Social Forum (TSF) is on its fourth day, on which panels are debating Latin American integration, the prospects of the international left-wing and ...

  • PARLATINO President Extols Latin America Unity in Spain

    Prensa Latina

    Madrid, Jan 27 (Prensa Latina) Latin America will become the great new economic, political and social bloc of the century, stated Rodrigo Cabezas, president of the Latin American Parliament ...

  • Argentine sentenced in Bolivia bribery scandal

    Miami Herald

    Two north Florida businessmen have been sentenced for the roles in a kickback scheme that landed the state's former corrections chief in ...

  • Brazil OJ industry wants US to ease fungicide limit

    General Sources

    FDA ) to allow up to 60 parts per billion in frozen concentrated orange juice, still within levels deemed safe but more than the current 10 ppb limit. They also said they were studying ...

  • Brazil Exceeds 2011 Central Government Primary Surplus Goal

    General Sources

    SAO PAULO – Brazil exceeded the goal for its central government accounts in 2011 and said it was committed to meeting its target this year, the Treasury reported Friday.The central government, ...

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