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Delta and American Airlines looks to add Brazil flights
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SWU – Starts with You
You may have heard of the Kyoto Protocol or the Copenhagen Summit, meetings between countries to reduce emissions of polluting gases. But how many people have actually read these agreements – and besides, what has it got to do with you? Sure, these big conferences and decisions are very important. The problem is, it all [...] SWU – Starts with You is a post from: Project Brazil.
Ilhéus
The main town on the Costa do Cacau (Cocoa Coast), Ilhéus is a place of rare beauty: white sands, surrounded by extensive fields of coconut trees, surrounded by the greenish-blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Along the central border, the countless fluvial and marine islets justify the town’s name.
Manaus, a metropolis built in the heart of the Amazon Forest
Embedded in the Amazon Forest, Manaus is a city with almost 1.5 million inhabitants and it is the capital of Amazonas, the largest Brazilian state. The city impresses with its natural beauty, ecological parks and a series of green areas that seem endless. It is a land of contrasts, blending exuberan
Fernando de Noronha
Fernando de Noronha is a modern Atlantis. If you ever wanted to visit Shangri-la and quit thinking that it did not exist, you just found it. Besides its many beaches, havens and the fact that it is one of the richest preserves in the country, Noronha island offers the tourist a wide variety of outdo
Hole-in-one
Golfe is the Portuguese word that names this sport in Brazil, deriving from the English word golf, which, on its turn, comes from the German word kolb, which means club. There are many versions for the origin of that sport, a synonym of elegance, but the mostly likely one is that it was created in [
The road to World Cup begins with the United States
Brazil’s new coach Mano Menezes has selected a young and experimental squad for his first game in charge of the national team, against USA on 10 August. Included in the side are AC Milan ace Alexandre Pato and Santos young gun Neymar. The game against the Stars and Stripes will be the first for Braz
The 2016 Games are going to Rio
The city of Rio de Janeiro will host the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. This followed three rounds of voting by members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 2 October 2009 at the 121st IOC Session, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Seven cities were initially proposed by their National Olympic Committ
Delta and American Airlines looks to add Brazil flights
Delta Air Lines has submitted an application with the United States Department of Transportation (DoT) to get permission to expand their flights between the US and Brazil. This would allow for more services between Detroit and Sao Paulo. So far, Delta Air Lines has been approved to start a weekly se
The Brazilian Barbecue
When discovered, in in the Pampas – which covers part of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina – the BBQ was nothing like what we know today. At that time, around the seventeenth century, people were not worried about commercializing beef like today, what mattered was the animal’s hide and tallow. To do so,