Brazil Flora & Fauna News PORTO VELHO, Brazil — Biologists have found five specimens of an exceedingly rare amphibian, Atretochoana eiselti, in the Brazilian Amazon, reported national media on Tuesday (31). The specimens, a species with an elongated cylindrical body … Continue reading
Brazil Celebrity News RIO DE JANEIRO — Katy Perry arrived in Rio on Sunday to promote the new documentary film “Part of Me – 3D,” opening here on Friday. Fans spotted Katy arriving at the Rio de Janeiro International Airport … Continue reading
Brazil News SAO PAULO — Two bare-breasted feminists–clad only in dirty pink panties–faced an indifferent crowd on Avenida Paulista Sunday afternoon, reported Brazilian online media. The pair appeared half-naked and shouting various slogans in front of the Art Museum of … Continue reading
Brazil News PORTO ALEGRE — A horned rooster is drawing attention from residents of Balneário Pinhal, on the northern coast of Rio Grande do Sul. The owner, Anderson Santos, bought the common white rooster, which has two red horns in … Continue reading
Brazil Travel & Tourism News RIO DE JANEIRO — The famous Big Mac Index suggests that the Brazilian currency, the real, is overvalued by more than 10% against the dollar. According to an article in The Economist, the real remains … Continue reading
Brazil Weather News RIO DE JANEIRO — Thursday afternoon brought the warmest temperaturs of the winter to Rio, reported the weather service. According the National Institute of Meteorology, the neighborhood of Realengo reached 33.7º C (92.7º F), breaking the previous … Continue reading
Brazil Travel & Tourism News CURITIBA, Brazil — Museu Oscar Niemeyer, in Curitiba, Paraná, appears on the list ‘The 20 Most Beautiful Museums in the World’. The list, compiled by the influential North American cultural news and critique site Flavorwire, … Continue reading
Brazil Travel & Tourism News SALVADOR, Brazil — Banco de Abrolhos, off the south shore of Bahia state, is the largest refuge for marine life off the Brazilian coast. The archipelago stretches 200 km (124 miles) into the South Atlantic, … Continue reading
Brazil Celebrity News SAO PAULO — About 70 Justin Bieber fans met Sunday afternoon in Santos, on the São Paulo coast, to ask the Canadian singer to visit Brazil. The girls — and some boys — made videos that they … Continue reading
Brazil Travel & Tourism News RIO DE JANEIRO — Dawn broke in Rio de Janeiro with bright sunshine and warm temperatures on Sunday, 22 July 2012. According to the forecast from the National Institute of Meteorology, the sky above Rio … Continue reading
Brazil Travel and Tourism News MONTE VERDE, Brazil — A small district of six thousand inhabitants in Minas Gerais state attracts tourists from all over Brazil. The hamlet shares with Campos do Jordão (São Paulo) the title of “Brazilian Switzerland” … Continue reading
Brazil Travel & Tourism News BRASILIA — On Monday, the Central Bank of Brazil will release second-generation ten and twenty-real notes. The new paper currency will join fifty and one-hundred real notes which the bank put into circulation in December … Continue reading
Brazil Travel & Tourism News SAO PAULO — A train lover from Ribeirão Preto, in São Paulo state, has decided to tell the story of the more than 5,000 railroad stations in Brazil. Ten months ago, designer and railroad enthusiast … Continue reading
Brazil Aviation News BRASILIA – The Presidency of the Republic received on Wednesday a new helicopter to transport President Dilma Rousseff. The aircraft is a Eurocopter EC-725 dubbed VH-36 Caracal. It can carry ten passengers and three crew and has … Continue reading
Brazil Celebrity News RIO DE JANEIRO – Adriana Lima, 31, Brazilian supermodel and actress, has posed five-months pregnant for the 2013 Pirelli calendar. Lima, best known as a Victoria’s Secret Angel, is the fourth highest paid model in the world, … Continue reading
