Brasília

Kids Playing Without Supervision in Public Areas in a 2 Million Inhabitants City

Opinion I was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1967, just three years after the military regime took place in Brazil and seven years later of the transfer of the Brazilian Capital to Brasilia. The interior of the Country,...

Brazil's two futuristic cities exemplify the greening of the vision

Michael Geller is a Vancouver architect, planner and property developer currently traveling the world. He is sharing his discoveries with Westcoast Homes readers from time to time. Growing up in the '50s, I...

Brazil Becomes the New Food Superpower

As commodity prices soar, South America's agricultural giant steps up to feed a needy world.   When I was a kid, in 1974, I moved with my parents to Brasilia, the brand new capital of Brazil, built in the middle...

Private Owned Highways and Government Owned Health System, does that make sense?

Non government public companies managing highway systems in Brazil are not something exactly that we can call new. It has been like that for more than 20 years now, but the idea is expanding. Brazil is privatizing...

Preview - Sept 7 - Brazil National Day

Brazil Comprehensive Slideshow added. In 1808, the Portuguese court, fleeing from Napoleon's invasion of Portugal during the Peninsular War in a large fleet escorted by the British, moved the government to Brazil...

128 Million People are Voting Today in Brazil

Updates: São Paulo:  Martha Suplicy (PT) will dispute the second round with the actual major Gilberto Kasab (Dem) Rio de Janeiro: Eduardo Paes (PMDB) will dispute the second round with Fernando Gabeira...