This Sunday, 1 March, the Marvelous City celebrates its 444th anniversary. To mark this date, the state and city governments of Rio have organized various shows on Botafogo Beach, which looks out to one of the city’s most beautiful icons, the Sugar Loaf. The location is close to Flamengo Beach an...
The Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral, speaking on Friday 30 January as a guest at the 39th World Economic Forum, laid out a major program of urban investments for the city, as part of plans to host the 2016 Olympic Games and ensure a lasting legacy.Cabral explained that these inv...
Rio de Janeiro is in the official list of applicant cities selected to continue competing to host 2016 Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced on Wednesday, in Athens, that Rio is now one of the candidate cities competing to host the largest sp...
The tank will be another draw to Rio de Janeiro: AquaRio, will be the largest sea tank in Latin America. The undertaking will be finished up to 2010, being supported by private companies in partnership with the City Hall, which will concede an area, where the old Cibrazem cold storage plant used ...
In addition to the legacy left to Rio de Janeiro's security - resulting from the acquisition of vehicles, communication systems and other equipment -, the Pan American Games have also yielded dividends to the state's health. Rio's State Office of Health has taken delivery of 60 ambulances purchas...