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Contagem regressiva ao primeiro megaevento: quanto o Rio já andou?

Para a maioria dos brasileiros, planejar e monitorar são novidades. Participação e confiança, também. Click here for Countdown to first mega-event: how far has Rio come? A menos de um mês de 13 de junho, dia inicial da conferência da … Continue reading

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Countdown to first mega-event: how far has Rio come?

Planning and monitoring are new to most Brazilians. Participation and trust, too. Less than a month from the June 13 start date for the Rio + 20 U.N. conference on sustainable development, government officials scrambled to reduce hotel costs and … Continue reading

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BRAZIL’S BERLIN WALL FALLS; NOW WHAT?

Rio’s South Zone celebrates and worries Monday morning. Rio de alma lavada, “Rio’s soul washed clean”, touted a newspaper hanging off a corner newstand. In only four days, civil and military police, with the help of the Brazilian army and navy, … Continue reading

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