Business, Economics and Jobs
PRI's The World
December 29, 2016
There are no cashiers. No cash registers. No computers to ring up bills and no credit card machines. Instead, there is just a bowl, into which people drop voluntary cash amounts. Remarkably, the honor system is working, says Curto Café’s owner.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Black Brazilian women are building up their power — and they're even showing it with their hairstyle
PRI's The World
November 20, 2014
Despite over half of Brazilians claiming African descent, black Brazilians face widespread racism — which often manifests itself in violence. For the women of Miss Black Power Brazil, resistance against racism comes from a natural place — their hair.
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Sports
Seven very bad omens for the Rio Olympics
GlobalPost
July 06, 2016
We couldn't tell which was worse: the Olympian muggings, the washed-up body parts or the executed mascot jaguar. Oh, wait — there's also super bacteria.
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Health & Medicine
Brazil now has doubts that Zika alone causes birth defects
GlobalPost
August 02, 2016
Just when many Olympians are arriving — and others are canceling over Zika fears — Brazilian doctors are questioning the theory that the mosquito-borne virus caused an increase in microcephaly cases.
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Business, Economics and Jobs
Donald Trump ‘almost sounded like a Brazilian.’ A backer of Rio’s Trump Hotel weighs in.
GlobalPost
October 19, 2016
The Trump brand might seem like a hard sell these days — especially in Latin America. But a couple of years ago, Brazilian businessman Paulo Figueiredo Jr. backed an ambitious project: building South America’s first Trump hotel.
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Sports
How Ryan Lochte went from victim to suspect in Rio
GlobalPost
August 18, 2016
Updated
In a crazy twist, US swimmers in Brazil went from being supposed crime victims to suspects of an investigation.
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Development & Education
Rio de Janeiro's controversial favela pacification program shows signs of success
PRI's The World
June 28, 2013
Some 1.4 million people live in Rio de Janeiro's favelas, the run-down, ill-equipped neighborhoods that have become known for crime and poor living conditions. But the government is moving to improve conditions in those favelas and, so far at least, there are signs of success.
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Sports
The 2020 Olympics will feature surfing, skateboarding, baseball, karate and more
GlobalPost
August 04, 2016
The International Olympic Committee voted unanimously to add new sports to the official games roster, in an effort organizers hope will get young people pumped again about the event.
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Politics
Thinking of ditching America? I did. Here’s how.
GlobalPost
November 16, 2016
The World's correspondent in Brazil is getting emails from Americans asking how to get outta dodge, fast. Here's his practical advice.
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Business, Economics and Jobs
Months after the Olympics, Rio de Janeiro is broke
PRI's The World
December 01, 2016
A federal bailout kept police on the streets and hospitals open while Olympics tourists were in town. But now the money has dried up and public employees aren’t being paid.
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Health & Medicine
Brazil's effective HIV prevention strategies
January 11, 2010
Exploring the effective and controversial strategies that have reduced the spread of HIV in Brazil in the last decade.