Monthly Archives: April 2011

Rio: new center of the universe?

Dolphin visitors, Sonia Braga moving from New York to downtown Rio, movie premières right and left, the Today Show, Paul McCartney, Obama… why would anyone want to leave? In this faux-crisp southern-hemisphere fall season, Rio is hotter than ever– but from tomorrow … Continue reading

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School shooting, a first in Rio

Sad first-world phenomenon spreads A mentally disturbed shooter, possibly an AIDs patient, shot and killed 11 children this morning in a west zone Rio municipal school classroom today and wounded 18, four in serious condition. Wounded by a military policeman, … Continue reading

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