Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes says bid, which would centralise Brics offices, would boost city’s global standing and draw investment ...

Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes has sent a letter to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, formally expressing the ...

By\xa0Kestér Kenn KLOMEGÂHPopularly referred to as BRICS, the informal group of emerging-market economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), meeting in Rio de Janeiro, has outlined a new ...

This week, the world watched as Rio de Janeiro became the epicenter of multipolar ambition. The XVII BRICS Summit,  the first ...

The mayor of Rio de Janeiro has issued a decree to regulate the city’s 30 miles of coastline. Many residents fear it will ...

The potential of BRICS as an emerging new world order appears to be losing its luster as seen at the bloc's recently ...

In Rio de Janeiro's Rocinha favela, dozens of yoga enthusiasts gathered for the inaugural class of a free program aimed at ...

Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes told CNN earlier this week the state was doing a terrible job in regard to security in the weeks before the Games. “It’s completely failing at its work of ...

A pro-Israel non-profit organization staged a demonstration on Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema Beach on Sunday to protest Iran's ...

Sofitel Rio de Janeiro Ipanema. The Sofitel is arguably the best-located hotel in Ipanema—on the beachfront in between postos 9 and 10, the latter of which is the beginning of Leblon, ...

Brazilian Catholic worshippers have laid down an eco-friendly carpet in front of the world-famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro calling for the protection of the environment.