Rio De Janeiro

Don Blanquito: Get Down, Dirty, and Feel the Beat (VIDEO: Explicit)

Tom Gregory | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment

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Tom Gregory

Put down your guns rappers, mover over Justin, there's a new man around with a Brazilian urban sound, he's a man possessed and poised to be heard.

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Rio's Olympic Bid - Taking the Games To New Ground

Chris Dalby | Posted 09.08.2009 | World

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Chris Dalby

Rio's ferociously proud population is high with anticipation for hosting the World Cup and wants to showcase what more it can do.

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Drug War: Brazilian Female Police Commanders On The Rise

Guardian | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

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A police helicopter rattles through the skies over Rio, black-clad snipers poised at either side. Below, in the Morro da Mineira shanty town, locals ...

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Take a Trip To MoMa's Premiere Brazil Film Festival This July

Brad Balfour | Posted 08.22.2009 | New York

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Brad Balfour

Whether it's because of the exotic music, colorful fashions, or enduring mystique of its inhabitants, there's a fascination with Brazil that has surpassed its political or economic power.

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Drug War: Brazil Drug Crackdown Arrests Dozens, Including 19 Police

The News | Posted 07.11.2009 | World

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At least 41 people were arrested Tuesday, among them 19 police officers, in the largest operation conducted by authorities in the Brazilian state of R...

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Brazil's Shantytowns Serve As Hollywood's New Hotspot

GlobalPost.com | Anil Mundra | Posted 03.28.2009 | World

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Just before Christmas, a fit young man in a gold chain and a ski mask barreled through the hillside gulleys of a slum in Rio de Ja...

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In Brazil, Tourists Often Find More Than Just Sex

GlobalPost.com | Seth Kugel | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- This is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations for many reasons: the iconic urban beaches, the bafflingly dramatic l...

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2016 Olympics Panel Picks Chicago For First Stop

Chicago Tribune | Philip Hersh | Posted 11.21.2008 | Chicago

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Chicago will be the first city visited by the International Olympic Committee's 2016 Summer Games evaluation commission next year, according to a Chic...

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