Angra dos Reis and Paraty
By Nicholas Storey, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – The Rio State coastline is affectionately known as the Costa Verde (Green Coast) for its lush, tropical forests, beautiful islands and the...
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By Mary Carroll, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – For most travelers in Rio, an idle dip in the waters along the sweeping sandy beaches of Zona Sul (South Zone) is enough ocean to make...
View ArticleRio to Break Olympic Guanabara Cleanup Pledge, No Plan B
By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – After the confession of Rio state environmental minister André Correa that the Guanabara Bay will not be cleaned in time for the 2016...
View ArticleControversy Over Olympic Waters Continues in Rio With New Data
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The controversy over the pollution of the sea and lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, which host several water sports competitions at the...
View ArticleRio Hosts Another 2016 Olympic Sailing Test Event on Bay
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – While controversy swirls around the issue of polluted water quality at the site of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, test events...
View ArticleWindsurfer Taken Ill After Olympic Test Event
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Wonwoo Cho, a twenty year-old South Korean windsurfer, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday, August 18th, suffering from...
View ArticleMarathon Swimming and Sailing Olympic Test Events Come to End
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Under blazing winter sunshine and in temperatures of up to 34 degrees athletes took to the waters off Rio de Janeiro this...
View ArticleRio Task Forces Collects 28 Tons of Rubbish in Guanabara Bay
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Accompanying the sailing test event from last week (August 15th-22nd), a task force with eco-boats collected 28 tons of...
View ArticleRio’s Marina da Glória Reopens in Time for the Olympics
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Marina da Glória, in Flamengo, was re-opened on Thursday, April 7th. For almost a decade access to the sailing port and...
View ArticleBeach Volleyball and Sailing Earn Two More Gold for Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Not even the steady rain that fell throughout the men’s beach volleyball match finals on Thursday night and early Friday morning...
View ArticleRide Rio’s Waters in Style with Rio Classic Sailing
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The recently opened, Rio Classic Sailing, is now offering both Rio’s tourists and residents alike, the unique opportunity to sail Rio’s...
View ArticleFive Off-the-Path Things to Do in Rio de Janeiro
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Cidade Maravilhosa is full of famous tourist attractions and landmarks, like Christ the Redeemer, Pão de Açúcar (Sugarloaf), and the...
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Controversy Over Olympic Waters Continues in Rio With New Data
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The controversy over the pollution of the sea and lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, which host several water sports competitions at the...
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Rio Hosts Another 2016 Olympic Sailing Test Event on Bay
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - While controversy swirls around the issue of polluted water quality at the site of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, test events...
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Windsurfer Taken Ill After Olympic Test Event
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Wonwoo Cho, a twenty year-old South Korean windsurfer, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday, August 18th, suffering from...
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Marathon Swimming and Sailing Olympic Test Events Come to End
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Under blazing winter sunshine and in temperatures of up to 34 degrees athletes took to the waters off Rio de Janeiro this...
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Rio Task Forces Collects 28 Tons of Rubbish in Guanabara Bay
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Accompanying the sailing test event from last week (August 15th-22nd), a task force with eco-boats collected 28 tons of...
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Rio’s Marina da Glória Reopens in Time for the Olympics
By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Marina da Glória, in Flamengo, was re-opened on Thursday, April 7th. For almost a decade access to the sailing port and...
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Beach Volleyball and Sailing Earn Two More Gold for Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Not even the steady rain that fell throughout the men’s beach volleyball match finals on Thursday night and early Friday morning...
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Ride Rio’s Waters in Style with Rio Classic Sailing
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The recently opened, Rio Classic Sailing, is now offering both Rio’s tourists and residents alike, the unique opportunity to sail Rio’s...
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