http://www.mail.com/locations/12430-rio-de-janeiro.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/12430-rio-de-janeiro.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862470-bolivia-mining-town-erects-huge-statue-virgin.html ORURO, Bolivia (AP) — The Carnival celebrations in this Andean mining city already rival Brazil's Rio de Janeiro for color and culture, if not for size. Now Oruro has erected a huge statue of the Virgin Mary that's a little taller than Rio's famed Christ the Redeemer. Oruro formally dedicated the new statue Friday as it kicked off its Carnival celebration... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862470-bolivia-mining-town-erects-huge-statue-virgin.html 2013-02-01T17:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1859432-brazil-nightclub-fire-prompts-regional-reaction.html SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian authorities inspected and shuttered night spots around the country on Thursday as part of a crackdown on unsafe public spaces after a deadly nightclub fire left 235 people dead and shocked the nation. Officials in Venezuela, Nicaragua and Mexico followed Brazil's example and tightened scrutiny on their own nightclubs. ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1859432-brazil-nightclub-fire-prompts-regional-reaction.html 2013-01-31T20:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1852862-brazil-police-outdoor-flare-started-club-fire.html SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) — Penny-pinching by a band known for its onstage pyrotechnic displays may have cost more than 230 people their lives at a nightclub in southern Brazil, according to a police inspector leading the investigation into this weekend's deadly blaze. Inspector Marcelo Arigony told reporters at a news conference Tuesday that members of th... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1852862-brazil-police-outdoor-flare-started-club-fire.html 2013-01-30T01:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851210-neglect-errors-to-blame-brazil-nightclub-fire.html SANTA MARIA, Brazil (AP) — There was no fire alarm. There were no sprinklers or fire escapes. And when a band member tried to put out a fire that had been started by pyrotechnics, the extinguisher didn't work. All the elements were in place for the tragedy at the Kiss nightclub early Sunday. The result was the world's worst fire of its kind in more than a... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851210-neglect-errors-to-blame-brazil-nightclub-fire.html 2013-01-28T20:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1849826-fifa-ioc-send-condolences-to-brazil-fire-victims.html SAO PAULO (AP) — FIFA and local organizers canceled an event celebrating 500 days to go until the 2014 World Cup because of a nightclub fire that killed more than 230 people in southern Brazil on Sunday. FIFA said it maintained confidence in Brazilian authorities' security plans for the World Cup, but the event scheduled for Monday in the capital of Brasi... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1849826-fifa-ioc-send-condolences-to-brazil-fire-victims.html 2013-01-27T21:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1847174-brazil-bar-codes-sidewalks-tourist-info.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro is mixing technology with tradition to provide tourists information about the city by embedding bar codes into the black and white mosaic sidewalks that are a symbol of the city. The first two-dimensional bar codes, or QR codes, as they're known, were installed Friday at Arpoador, a massive boulder that rises at the en... Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1847174-brazil-bar-codes-sidewalks-tourist-info.html 2013-01-26T02:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1838258-rio-de-janeiros-favelas-find-place-city-maps.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Look at most maps of Rio de Janeiro. The beaches are easy to spot, as are the iconic ocean-front neighborhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema. In the middle is a vast forest. What's less identifiable are the blank swaths with no streets, landmarks or other signs of human habitation. Those spots are in fact some of the city's densest neigh... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1838258-rio-de-janeiros-favelas-find-place-city-maps.html 2013-01-22T17:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1837658-brazil-police-inspector-removed-post.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Rio de Janiero police inspector has been removed for making disparaging remarks about female officers on his Twitter account. Inspector Pedro Paulo Pontes Pinho tweets that he has "14 women under my command and only one has the talent, courage and determination needed for police work." Martha Rocha is the head of Rio's civil police... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1837658-brazil-police-inspector-removed-post.html 2013-01-22T14:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1830308-with-olympics-mind-rios-love-hotels-clean-up.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — One worker strips mirrored paneling off the ceiling, as another pries up the fiberglass shell of a whirlpool bath. A third man takes a sledgehammer to a life-size statue of Venus de Milo posing topless with a swirl of plaster robes hanging from her waist. The Shalimar love hotel is going family-friendly. Like about a third of the cit... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1830308-with-olympics-mind-rios-love-hotels-clean-up.html 2013-01-18T17:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1819568-weather-medium-suspends-deal-with-rio-city-hall.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Meteorologists in Rio de Janeiro will have to go back to predicting weather the old-fashioned way — through traditional scientific methods — after the weekend resignation of a medium who says she can tap into an ancient spirit to figure out when it's going to rain, and even control weather patterns. Medium Adelaide Scritori ended her... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1819568-weather-medium-suspends-deal-with-rio-city-hall.html 2013-01-14T17:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1817346-rio-slums-no-go-to-must-buy.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Five years ago, Rio de Janeiro's "favela" hillside slums had such a bad rap that they were virtual no-go zones, where drug lords laid down the law and outsiders set foot at their peril. But since 2011, police have seized control of dozens of favelas from drug gangs, and things have changed so dramatically that some of the slums are n... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1817346-rio-slums-no-go-to-must-buy.html 2013-01-13T13:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1816358-brazil-indigenous-squatters-resist-eviction.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in riot gear surrounded a settlement of indigenous people next to Rio de Janeiro's storied Maracana stadium on Saturday, preparing to evict them as soon as an expected court order arrived. The site commander, police Lt. Alex Melo, explained officers were "waiting for the order, and understand it can come at any time." But the ... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1816358-brazil-indigenous-squatters-resist-eviction.html 2013-01-12T21:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1814372-brazil-police-artists-death-suicide.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Artist Jorge Selaron may have taken his own life by setting himself on fire on the very steps of his masterpiece, a brilliantly colored public staircase that became a symbol of Rio de Janeiro, the homicide police chief said Friday. The body of Selaron, a Chilean who had adopted Rio as his home, was found early Thursday morning lying ... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1814372-brazil-police-artists-death-suicide.html 2013-01-11T19:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1812208-artist-selaron-dead-work-brazil.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The candy-colored steps of a staircase in Rio's bohemian neighborhood of Lapa were the life work of Chilean artist Jorge Selaron and a symbol of his adopted city. On this gray, rainy Thursday, they became his memorial. The painter, who turned the 215 steps into a kaleidoscope of brightly hued tiles from all over the world, transformi... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1812208-artist-selaron-dead-work-brazil.html 2013-01-10T23:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1792504-brazil-debates-treatment-options-crack-epidemic.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Bobo has a method: Cocaine gets him through the day, when he cruises with a wheelbarrow around a slum on Rio's west side, sorting through trash for recyclables to sell. At night, he turns the day's profit into crack. "Sometimes I don't sleep at all; I'm up 24 hours," says Bobo, a former soldier who doesn't use his given name for safe... Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1792504-brazil-debates-treatment-options-crack-epidemic.html 2012-12-30T23:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1774440-rio-de-janeiros-funk-gains-acceptance.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro's rich, oceanfront promenades have their own music, made immortal in Bossa Nova tunes such as "The Girl from Ipanema." Carioca funk, on the other hand, is the soundtrack to another city — the one that doesn't make it onto postcards. As one hit tells it, funk is "black music, music from the favelas." Borrowing freely fr... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1774440-rio-de-janeiros-funk-gains-acceptance.html 2012-12-18T17:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1772302-brazils-humble-manioc-deluxe-rebirth.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — With its starched white tablecloths and stately crystal chandeliers, Rio de Janeiro's upscale O Navegador restaurant doesn't look like the birthplace of a revolution. But it's here that the manioc root, long the staple food of the Brazilian poor, is making its entree into the elite world of haute gastronomy. And in a country where fi... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1772302-brazils-humble-manioc-deluxe-rebirth.html 2012-12-17T19:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1768008-sympathy-us-school-shooting-stretches-globe.html LONDON (AP) — As the world joined Americans in mourning the school massacre in Connecticut, many urged U.S. politicians to honor the 28 victims, especially the children, by pushing for stronger gun control laws. Twitter users and media personalities in the U.K. immediately invoked Dunblane — a 1996 shooting in that small Scottish town which killed 16 chil... Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1768008-sympathy-us-school-shooting-stretches-globe.html 2012-12-15T16:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1750846-brazil-remembers-famed-architect-with-vigil-samba.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The city where architect Oscar Niemeyer was born 104 years ago said goodbye Friday with a public vigil, flowers and, yes, samba. After a viewing in Brasilia, in the presidential palace he himself designed, Niemeyer's body was flown to Rio for a vigil. Men and women filed by his wooden casket covered by a Brazilian flag and three red ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1750846-brazil-remembers-famed-architect-with-vigil-samba.html 2012-12-07T19:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1747378-transgenders-break-brazils-modeling-sector.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Walking the catwalk in a Brazilian bikini is a nerve-racking experience for even the most seasoned of models, but for Felipa Tavares it's nothing short of terrifying. The 6-foot-tall Tavares is among Brazil's small but growing ranks of transgender models — leggy, high-cheekboned sirens who were born men and are causing a splash here ... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1747378-transgenders-break-brazils-modeling-sector.html 2012-12-06T20:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1747866-brazil-mourns-architect-niemeyers-death.html BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Hundreds of mourners lined up in the vast open plaza at the heart of Brasilia, Brazil's modernist capital, to honor internationally renowned architect Oscar Niemeyer during a Thursday memorial in the city that most strongly reflects his signature style in its monumental buildings of flowing concrete and grand, sweeping curves. Niem... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1747866-brazil-mourns-architect-niemeyers-death.html 2012-12-06T19:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1749156-federer-hopes-to-play-2016-games-rio.html SAO PAULO (AP) — Roger Federer says he won't play as often in the next few years and hopes to compete in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The 31-year-old Federer says he'll be more mindful about the tournaments he plays in the future to make sure he can keep playing at a high level. "I have to make sure that I take care of my schedule, of my body, of ... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1749156-federer-hopes-to-play-2016-games-rio.html 2012-12-06T19:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1746784-oscar-niemeyer-brazilian-architect-dies-104.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Architect Oscar Niemeyer, who recreated Brazil's sensuous curves in reinforced concrete and built the capital of Brasilia on the empty central plains as a symbol of the nation's future, died on Wednesday. He was 104. Elisa Barboux, a spokeswoman for the Hospital Samaritano in Rio de Janeiro, confirmed Niemeyer's death and said the ca... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1746784-oscar-niemeyer-brazilian-architect-dies-104.html 2012-12-06T00:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1742098-ioc-time-ticking-rio-olympic-organizers.html LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — With concern mounting about the pace of progress for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, the IOC warned Brazilian organizers Tuesday that "time is ticking" and they must attack the project "with all vigor" to ensure that the first Olympics in South America are a success. With the games less than four years away, Rio organizers b... Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1742098-ioc-time-ticking-rio-olympic-organizers.html 2012-12-04T14:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736908-brazilians-protest-stadium-privatization.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Hundreds of people have held a protest march against the privatization of Brazil's iconic Maracana Stadium. Organizers say at least 800 people, including students, Indians and artists took part in the three-hour, 4-kilometer (2.5-mile) march Saturday carrying banners reading "Maracana is Ours." Built for the 1950 World Cup, Maracana ... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1736908-brazilians-protest-stadium-privatization.html 2012-12-01T18:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1731462-hrw-commends-brazilian-bid-to-curb-police-killings.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Human Rights Watch on Thursday praised a resolution by Brazil's Human Rights Defense Council that outlined steps to help reduce extrajudicial killings by police. In a statement, the New York-based rights advocacy group said Brazilian police routinely "engage in unlawful violence, executing people and falsely claiming they died in sho... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1731462-hrw-commends-brazilian-bid-to-curb-police-killings.html 2012-11-29T19:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1729452-fifa-brazil-plenty-work-to-do.html SAO PAULO (AP) — FIFA leaders believe there's still a lot left to be done in Brazil to successfully stage the 2013 Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup. "There is a lot of work in the stadiums and a lot of work in urban mobility and the different infrastructure work," FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke said Wednesday. "Yeah, we have plenty of work ... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1729452-fifa-brazil-plenty-work-to-do.html 2012-11-28T20:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1726288-pirelli-unveils-covered-up-calendar-2013.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After taking it all off for 39 straight years, the notoriously racy Pirelli calendar has buttoned up, delivering a 2013 edition Tuesday — in flamboyant Rio de Janeiro of all places — with nary a nude in sight. Still, with a cast including Brazilian top models Isabeli Fontana and Adriana Lima posing in lush locations around Rio, the c... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1726288-pirelli-unveils-covered-up-calendar-2013.html 2012-11-27T19:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1711380-brazilian-soccer-star-trial-killing-lover.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A former Brazilian soccer star charged with orchestrating the murder of his ex-girlfriend went on trial Monday in a case that includes allegations the young model was lured to a ranch where she was held hostage, killed and her body dismembered. The case of former Flamengo goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes, known in Brazil just as Bruno, and... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1711380-brazilian-soccer-star-trial-killing-lover.html 2012-11-20T00:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1711722-brazils-niemeyer-worse-doctors.html RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The hospital that's treating famed Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer says the 104-year-old has gotten worse. Rio de Janeiro's Samaritano Hospital says Niemeyer is suffering from kidney failure, aggravated by bleeding in the digestive tract, which has been brought under control. In a statement Monday, the hospital said he is now brea... Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1711722-brazils-niemeyer-worse-doctors.html 2012-11-19T18:56:00Z