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 man from Ribeirão Preto, in São Paulo state, has decided to tell the story of the more than 5,000 train stations in Brazil. Ten months ago, designer and railroad enthusiast Marcelo … 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
Brazil Crime News SAO PAULO – Elize Matsunaga, 30, who admitted to killing her husband and cutting his body to pieces, is enjoying a quiet routine in jail. Almost two months after killing her millionaire husband, food industry executive Marcos … Continue reading
Brazil Technology News BRASÍLIA – The federal government began testing Banda Larga 0800, or Broadband 800, which aims to offer free wireless internet access. Under the program, users of smartphones, tablets and other devices will be able to visit certain … Continue reading
Brazil Music News RIO DE JANEIRO – Alanis Morissette will travel to Brazil in September to do eight shows, announced Time for Fun productions on Tuesday. The Canadian-American singer will tour the country to promote her seventh studio album, Havoc … Continue reading
Brazil Weird News GOIAS, Brazil – Some say the weird images emerging from central Brazil resemble ET, the Extra-Terrestrial, others say a baby Jar-Jar Binks, still others scream Photoshop. This week, media began reporting sightings of alien creatures, accompanied by … Continue reading
Brazil Celebrity News RIO DE JANEIRO – Irish movie star Colin Farrell is in Rio de Janeiro to promote the remake of the film Total Recall, which opens in Brazilian theaters 17 August. So far, Cariocas, as the locals are … Continue reading
