Vice
| Oct 31, 2012
WARNING: Strong Language. Every city puts its own stamp on Fashion Week, and it's particularly eye-popping in Rio, with an economy beginning to go gangbusters, sexy catwalkers, transsexual models (and prostitutes), and a battle to integrate fashio...
Al Jazeera English
| Oct 8, 2012
With municipal elections coming to an end in Brazil, Eduardo Paes, mayor of Rio de Janeiro, handily secured his re-election. Securing more than 60 per cent of the vote, Paes' focus on public transportation projects ahead of the 2014 World Cup and...
Associated Press
| Aug 20, 2012
Drug dealers in two of the most dangerous slums in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil have put a ban on selling crack, a move that traffickers and others say will spread citywide within the next two years. But are their motives pure?
VOA News
| Aug 11, 2012
At the Olympics, teams representing different countries compete for medals and national pride - but outside the main stadium in London, there is another competition where the stakes are higher. VOA's Brian Padden reports.
The cable car that unites the monolithic hills of granite that rise from the water around Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara bay turns 100 years old
A foreign tourist has been raped and robbed on a minibus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian police say.
Ryan Lochte on London Olympics, Rio de Janeiro in 2016; TLC's 'Chilli' Goes 'Toe-to-Toe'; Katie Couric on Her New Daytime Talk Show 'Katie'Added: M...
Pedro Pinto reports from the 2013 Laureus Sport Awards in Rio De Janeiro.
Brazilian police backed by troops, helicopters and armoured vehicles have moved into shanty-towns near Rio de Janeiro's international airport.