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SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - The leitmotif of the municipal concert season starting in March will be the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest names in classical music - Ludwig van Beethoven, born in the city of Bonn in 1770. The composer's work will be the highlight of both […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The protests of the social movement will gain momentum again in Chile no later than March, according to the latest announcements. The 8M alliance (Coordinadora Feminista 8M - CF8M), together with other organizations, called for a "Feminist March" and announced a "mobilization calendar". Meanwhile, the latest . . . To […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Bolsonaro government has just appointed another military officer to an executive post. The president of INMETRO (National Institute of Metrology Standardization and Industrial Quality) Angela Flores Furtado has been dismissed and will be replaced by Colonel Marcos Heleno Guerson de Oliveira Junior, who has worked on several engineering projects […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Last Thursday, February 13th, the 'Webinar SiiLA: Escritorio' was held. Giancarlo Nicastro, CEO of SiiLA Brasil discussed with Claudio Hermolin, president of Brasil Brokers, the performance of the corporate office market in Rio de Janeiro. According to the executives, commercial real estate in . . . To read the full […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to reports in the NSC Total column, the Minister of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications, Marcos Pontes, is negotiating with federal Deputy Daniel Freitas the installation of a Tesla plant in Brazil. The Minister and the Deputy did not wish to name the electric vehicle assembly plant, but they […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Casa Geyer Museum, in Cosme Velho, South Zone of Rio, succeeded in raising R$1.2 million (US$300,000) for the remodeling project to become a cultural center. The information was published in the blog of journalist Lauro Jardim. According to the blog, the house was awarded the grant from UNIPAR via […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Opinion research institutes in Venezuela and the US news agency Bloomberg, specializing in economic issues, have drawn attention to changes in migration flows into and out of Venezuela. A slight stabilization of the Venezuelan economy, and negative experiences in the migrants' host countries are said to have slowed down emigration. […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Two trains from the Recife Metro (Metrorec) crashed at 5:40 AM on Tuesday, February 18th, at the Ipiranga Station, on the line connecting downtown to cities in the Metropolitan Region. The crash left at least 47 passengers injured, who were attended to by the Fire Department and . . . […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Some members of Congress may have finally decided to act following Jair Bolsonaro's latest breach of decorum, when he, on February 18th, sexually insulted journalist Patricia Campos Mello, who is investigating his campaign's fake news scheme; women will be the main players in the proceedings. The leading female deputies and […]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Jair Bolsonaro stooped down another level in his aggressive discourse, and this time struck two targets: the press and women. On Tuesday morning, the president insulted the Folha de S.Paulo reporter, Patricia Campos Mello, using ironical sexual innuendo. "She [the reporter] wanted a scoop [an exclusive, in journalistic jargon]. She […]

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