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Tag Archives: Rio de Janeiro

World Cup 2014 – The Football Fan

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With the first third of the World Cup 2014 behind us, it’s time to review the World Cup in Brazil. Not in terms of football (I’m not interested in football), […]

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World Cup 2014 – Robocops In The Street

4 May, 2014by Anton Steeman

If a tourist or football fan visiting Rio de Janeiro comes across a “Robocop” out there, it’s not a carnival costume of a late reveller, but a member of the […]

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World Cup 2014 – 50 Days Left And Rio Is Burning

25 April, 2014by Anton Steeman

Yesterday the daily newspaper “Jornal do Brasil”, published an editorial, titled: “Os ‘césares’ do Rio, uma cidade em chamas” (The ‘Caesars’ of Rio, a city in flames) about the actual […]

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Olympics Rio 2016 – Will There Be One?

20 April, 2014by Anton Steeman

With all the hassle around the preparations for the World Cup 2014, we almost might forget that in two years the Olympics will be held in Rio. Let’s have a […]

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World Cup 2014 – Carnivalesque Protests

6 March, 2014by Anton Steeman

Since the first marches, Carnival has always been the place and moment for social protests. In a kind of satirical revellers were ridiculing and making fun of the town magistrates, […]

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2013 In Retrospect: The Year in which Brazil Went to the Street

19 January, 2014by Anton Steeman

The protesting mob messed with the parliament, the presidency, while the actions echoed in the international press. The end of the year 2013 was marked by flooding streets after heavy […]

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Samba Dancers 2013 – Rio and São Paulo

26 January, 2013by Anton Steeman

Carnival is getting closer. The contest for the best samba dancer, the contest for the Carnival Queens and many other contests are in full swing. Presentations are tested and some […]

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2012 Carnival Parades in Rio de Janeiro – 04

23 February, 2012by Anton Steeman 1 Comment

This second article about the second night of parades of samba schools in the Special Group of Rio de Janeiro relates the parades of samba schools Mangueira, Unidos da Tijuca […]

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2012 Carnival Parades in Rio de Janeiro – 03

23 February, 2012by Anton Steeman

The second night of parades of samba schools in the Special Group of Rio de Janeiro had a bit of everything: from a trip to London, through stories of resilience […]

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2012 Carnival Parades in Rio de Janeiro – 02

22 February, 2012by Anton Steeman

The last four samba schools of the first day in Rio were, in order, Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel, Porto da Pedra, Beija-Flor de Nilópolis and Unidos de Vila Isabel. […]

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