Last Updated Stories in Rio de Janeiro

Itaipu Hydroelectric Power Plant Blackout: Brazil in Darkness

Update: 7:50pm PST The lights are starting to come back on now in Brazil's major cities after millions of people were affected by the blackout. About 80 percent of Brazil's energy is supplied by hydroelectric power....

Brazilians Insulted By Robin Williams's Joke About Rio's Bid

Comedian Robin Williams might have gone too far when he joked about Rio's Olympic bid during his appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. After calling Letterman "the next Oprah," Williams said he hoped Oprah...

Brazil's Blackout Update: Authorities Investigate Itaipu Outage

Major cities in Brazil and parts of Paraguay experienced a blackout yesterday night as Itaipu dam suffered a failure in three of its transmission lines, the largest failure in 25 years of the dam's existence. The dam supplies about 20 percent of Brazil’s power. The power...

It's Official - Sim nós podemos (yes we can) - Rio de Janeiro

Chicago Eliminated From 2016 Olympics - First Round The international "I/Me" tour fails to secure Olympic bid for the city of Chicago. What a mess of prioritization this young President has shown, especially if...

2016 Olympics: Host City Decision Out Friday

The host of the 2016 Olympics Games will be decided in Copenhagen on Friday, finalizing an 18-month race between Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, and Tokyo. On Friday, the presentation ceremony will begin at 07:30 BST. Then Chicago will make the first presentation to the...

Obama Won’t Travel To Denmark To Back Chicago’s 2016 Olympic Bid

On October 2, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will announce the capital of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Four cities are in contention: Madrid, Spain; Tokyo, Japan; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Chicago, USA. In recent years, it became somewhat of a tradition and a...

Continental Flight 128 Diverted to mia Severe Turbulence

"Continental Flight 128 Diverted to MIA After Encountering Severe Turbulence By Mike Mitchell (Update) August 4, 2009, Continental Flight 128 departed Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sunday about 9:45 PM with 168...

Freezing Rio

It's been a weird month. Rio de Janeiro's seemingly never-ending summer has gone missing and it has paved the way for some of the coldest weeks in a long time at the "Redeemer's City". Early June temperatures have...

Transgendered Model Closes Fashion Week in Rio de Janeiro

In a city that delights in shocking the prudish with each year's Carnival celebration, Rio De Janeiro's invitation only main fashion event of the year closed Friday with transgendered model Patricia Araujo. Beto...

Proposed Rio slum barrier likened to Israeli security barrier

The slums of Dona Marta in Rio, Brazil, are encroaching too much on the famous Atlantic Rainforest that surrounds it, according to the Brazilian government, and their solution is to build a three-foot high wall...

DFO presents environment friendly module in Mussoorie

Source:http://www.garhwalpost.com/centrenewsdetail.aspx?id=9923;&nt=Uttarakhandthe Divisional Forest Officer Mussoorie had few ideas to share but the rich and bold of Mussoorie were not ready to listen to...

A Future of Less

This is a really good article - I hope people read it and that it makes everyone think about the state of the world. "But as designer sundresses fill our closets, the world drifts deeper into what environmental economists are calling "ecological deficit." Simply put, too...

Brazil's Flood Victims to Return Home

"Brazilian authorities say tens of thousands of flood victims have begun returning home in southern Brazil. Civil defense officials in the hard-hit southern state of Santa Catarina say more than half of 80,000...

Obama win forces Brazil to take a tolerance check on its Apartheid policies

Forget Brazilian publicity products such as Carnival, football stars and Samba, as you read the following article you will certainly get a clearer picture on Brazilian democracy and interracial...

Brazil Lula Offers Plans for Recovery From Rains

In this clear and concise article by The New Times, there is an analysis over public policies in Brazil. Confronted with the tragedy of Santa Catarina torrential rains, Brazilian leader Lula da Silva asked...

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