World Cup 2014 – The Football Fan
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), […]
Tag Archives: Rio de Janeiro
World Cup 2014 – Robocops In The Street
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 […]
World Cup 2014 – 50 Days Left And Rio Is Burning
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 […]
Olympics Rio 2016 – Will There Be One?
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 […]
World Cup 2014 – Carnivalesque Protests
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, […]
2013 In Retrospect: The Year in which Brazil Went to the Street
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 […]
Samba Dancers 2013 – Rio and São Paulo
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 […]
2012 Carnival Parades in Rio de Janeiro – 04
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 […]
2012 Carnival Parades in Rio de Janeiro – 03
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 […]
2012 Carnival Parades in Rio de Janeiro – 02
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. […]
Brazil In Hot Pants 