Posted in CITIES: Rio, DOING BUSINESS, ECON STUFF, WORKING IN BRAZIL(WIB):, tagged Brazil, commercial, DOING BUSINESS, property, renting on 11 November, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rio’s Risky Commercial Real Estate
Unless you are rich, earning a living in Brazil is what will make or break any expat who makes the move. Getting a well paid job once here is almost impossible unless you have fluent Portuguese and a Permanent Visa. If you, instead, plan to open a business, you still face [...]
Posted in CITIES: Rio, ORGANIZATIONS:, tagged Americans, Brazil, rio de janeiro., Society, The American Society of Rio de Janeiro on 30 October, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The American Society of Rio de Janeiro
About us
The American Society of Rio de Janeiro has a long and distinguished existence, founded in 1917 as the planet was in the midst of the terrible conflagration of World War I and American soldiers were being sent to France. A group of American women in Rio got together [...]
Posted in CITIES: Rio on 25 October, 2009 | 2 Comments »
more about “Discover Rio de Janeiro – Brazil « Co…“, posted with vodpod
Despite the high quality of this video, it is so “Not Rio”!!! Way too slick. No reality here. Says this comes from the Prefeito (Mayor’s) office of Rio. Has a 50s Hollywood style to it. Nice narrative in Brit English, [...]
Posted in BLOG STUFF, CITIES: Rio, tagged American, Blog, Brazil, living in Rio, New Blog on 4 October, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My husband, Daniel & I share homes in Rio de Janeiro & Cleveland, OH with our Pomeranians Tango & Lua. I’m ’second mom’ to my husband’s 3 year old, Julia. My background is in sales, real estate and property management but my true passion is reading and writing. I was editor of the newspaper in [...]
Posted in CITIES: Rio on 2 October, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Some good photos of today’s celebration on Copacabana Beach.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Posted in CITIES: Rio, tagged Brazil, olympics, promotional video, Rio, video on 30 September, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
more about “Rio Video for Olympics“, posted with vodpod
Posted in CARS:, CITIES: Rio, ECON STUFF, tagged auto, Brazil, CARS:, china, expansion, new plants, port acu on 3 July, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ina’s JAC Motors to build vehicle plant in Brazil
From:Dow JonesJuly 03, 2009
China’s JAC Motors (Jianghuai Automobile Co., Ltd) ) is to build a vehicle plant at the Acu port complex in Rio de Janeiro State, the Rio state government said in a statement.
The announcement came shortly after confirmation Wednesday China’s Wuhan Iron & Steel Co. [...]
Posted in CITIES: Rio, LIVING IN BRAZIL (LIB), tagged Brazil, bus, crazy kids, living in Brazil, rio de janeiro., surfing on 2 July, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Texto and photo from Globo Online reader Mr. Vicente Luiz Cantini
Posted in CITIES: Rio, ECON STUFF, tagged Brazil, rio de janeiro., investment, steel, mill, Chinese, invest, billions, Wisco, EBX, port, acu on 1 July, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Governor of Rio de Janeiro State, Mr. Sérgio Cabral who is in China, announced that the Chinese company WISCO will construct a steel mill at Porto do Açu in partnership with Grupo EBX investments. He says the project will create 20,000 jobs.
The Port, located approximately 280 km northeast of Rio, is under construction and should be completed [...]
Posted in CITIES: Belo Horizonte, CITIES: Rio, CITIES: São Paulo, tagged Brazil, coming, Google, Sao Paulo, Street View, updated post on 1 July, 2009 | 1 Comment »
FolhaOnline annouced today that Google in cooperation with FIAT will offer Street View for the city of São Paulo. FIAT confirmed that they are in talks with Google. Google did not comment one way or the other. More news is expected next week.
UPDATE: 2 July 09
Globo Online Rio and Belo Horizonte will also have Google [...]
Posted in CITIES: Rio, ECON STUFF, tagged bank, Brazil, china, development, Investing on 1 July, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fifteen years ago China would rarely come up in any conversation here much less one about international trade. Now it is rare when China is NOT mentioned when talk turns to Brazil’s international trade and investing partners.
There has been a steady increase in the flow of Chinese – Brazilian trade officials coming and going over [...]
Posted in CITIES: Rio, tagged cable car, Rio, Sugarloaf, tourist spots on 12 June, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The cable car going to the top of Sugarloaf does so in two stages. The newspaer FolhaOnline reported today that the second stage cable car at will be out of service from June 15-21. The first stage going from Praia Vermelho (Red Beach) to Morro de Urca (Urca Hill) will continue to operate.
The second stage [...]
Posted in CITIES: Belo Horizonte, CITIES: Brasília, CITIES: Manaus, CITIES: Natal, CITIES: Recife, CITIES: Rio, CITIES: Salvador, CITIES: São Paulo, WORLD CUP 2014:, tagged 2014, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Brazil, cities, Cuiaba, curitiba, football, Fortaleza, futebol, Manaus, Natal, Recife, rio de janeiro., Salvador, Sao Paulo, soccer, WORLD CUP 2014: on 29 May, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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O Globo:
The final will be played in Rio.
LINKS:
Brazilian National Team
FIFA – Brazil
Posted in CITIES: Rio, TRAVEL BRAZIL-Air, tagged air travel, Brazil, Continental Airlines, Houston, new air service, rio de janeiro. on 20 May, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Continental will begin non-stop service from Houston to Rio de Janiero beginning 1 August 2009.
Continental Airline’s Site
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