Abdias Nascimento dies
Abdias Nascimento, Brazilian Civil Rights Leader, Actor, Painter, and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee passed away last night. He was 98 years old. An Activist since the 1930s, Abdias founded the Experimental Theater of the Negro (TEN) in 1944 and created the Institute for Research and Studies Afro Brazilian (Ipeafro) in 1981 to continue [...]
Cidade do Samba on Fire
Another tragedy hits Rio de Janeiro with citizens in disbelief, anguish and sadness. Cidade do Samba, the location which houses the factories for all Samba schools in Rio de Janeiro went up in a spectacular fire which the plumes could be seen from all over Rio de Janeiro. Grande Rio, one of Rio’s biggest and [...]
Brazil New Coach, New Team
The Confederation or Brazil Futebol CBF has selected a new coach after the resignation/firing of failed World Cup Coach Dunga. The new Coach of the Brazil National Team is Mano Menezes, who until now was the head coach of Sao Paulo’s Corinthians futebol team, home of Ronaldo 9. Menezes immediately began the rebuilding of the [...]
Bomb threat on Air France, Rio to Paris
An Air France passenger plane flying from Rio to Paris made an emergency landing in northeastern Brazil Saturday night after a hoax bomb alert. All 405 passengers and 18 crew members were safely evacuated from AF Flight 443, said Jorge Andrade, a spokesman for airport authority Infraero in the Brazilian city of Recife. “Air France [...]
Christ Statue Graffiti-Photo
Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro’s iconic symbol and one of the Seven Wonders of the World was vandalized with graffiti. The statue which sits atop Corcovado mountain and overlooks all of Rio de Janeiro has been under renovation and is covered with scaffolding which the vandals used to climb the 130 foot statue and [...]
Survivor Producer Arrested for Brazilian Wife’s Death
Bruce Beresford-Redman, a former television producer for CBS’ hit show “Survivor” has been arrested in the death of his Brazilian wife, Monica Burgos, whose body was found in a sewer at the swanky Moon Palace resort in Cancun where the family was staying on vacation. According to media reports, a witness at the hotel saw the couple [...]
