Rio de Janeiro

Interesting facts

Hotel Nacional connects the colors of Brazil on the Rio waterfront, transforms Oscar Niemeyer’s facade into a giant postcard, and makes even those passing by São Conrado look twice.

Viviane Alves 13/06/2026 at 10:32

Economy

Rio wants to use Petrobras’ billion-dollar credit to reduce its R$ 203 billion debt with the Union and cut monthly payments by more than R$ 300 million.

Jefferson Augusto 08/06/2026 at 22:16

Interesting facts

In Rio de Janeiro, the city holds a 200 km² lagoon with salinity higher than the ocean, allowing swimmers to float effortlessly and revealing why Araruama has become a destination for warm waters, calm beaches, and a unique landscape in Brazil.

Carla Teles 05/06/2026 at 20:59

Interesting facts

PHOTOS: Billionaire family linked to WEG lives in former Xuxa mansion valued at R$ 45 million, with 14 bathrooms, two pools, and even a “mini hospital”; see what the luxurious “Nave Mãe” is like in Rio de Janeiro

Carla Teles 03/06/2026 at 16:49

Economy

The state with the second largest GDP in the country accounts for only 6% of trading company operations in Brazil. To change this scenario, Rio de Janeiro created RioComex, which aims to bring back imports lost to other states.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 22/05/2026 at 18:50

Municipalities

Factory created by Dom Pedro II in Petrópolis becomes a million-dollar bet to transform the former textile empire into a gastronomic hub with a gourmet market and historical tourism.

Caio Aviz 19/05/2026 at 15:51

Economy

Accelerated growth in international demand for compact properties in tourist neighborhoods of Rio boosts the real estate market, expands short-term rentals, and attracts investors from Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East to the city.

Jefferson Augusto 19/05/2026 at 12:05

Interesting facts

A century-old convent hidden in Tijuca almost went to the ground, but was transformed into a condominium with an open church, preserved ruins, monastic corridors, and a common area that seems straight out of a European film.

Viviane Alves 11/05/2026 at 21:01

Interesting facts

Rio de Janeiro expanded by 16.55 km² into the sea, causing 56 beaches, 35 islands, and two hills to disappear.

Bruno Teles 11/05/2026 at 17:55

Automotive

Rio becomes a testing ground for electric buses: BYD, Marcopolo and rivals compete to see who can withstand heat, heavy traffic, daily recharging, and long journeys to change the future of Brazil’s urban fleet in 2026.

Noel Budeguer 11/05/2026 at 16:00

Interesting facts

A new marsupial species discovered exclusively in Rio de Janeiro by UFRJ emerged 1.78 million years ago in the same coastal plains linked to the golden lion tamarin.

Noel Budeguer 11/05/2026 at 10:42

Interesting facts

The ghost condominium that has been sinking for over 40 years in Rio de Janeiro has partially buried ten-story buildings, once housed thousands of people without infrastructure, and is now associated with structural risk and being a body dumping ground.

Flavia Marinho 28/04/2026 at 17:47

Hotel Nacional connects the colors of Brazil on the Rio waterfront, transforms Oscar Niemeyer’s facade into a giant postcard, and makes even those passing by São Conrado look twice.

Rio wants to use Petrobras’ billion-dollar credit to reduce its R$ 203 billion debt with the Union and cut monthly payments by more than R$ 300 million.

In Rio de Janeiro, the city holds a 200 km² lagoon with salinity higher than the ocean, allowing swimmers to float effortlessly and revealing why Araruama has become a destination for warm waters, calm beaches, and a unique landscape in Brazil.

PHOTOS: Billionaire family linked to WEG lives in former Xuxa mansion valued at R$ 45 million, with 14 bathrooms, two pools, and even a “mini hospital”; see what the luxurious “Nave Mãe” is like in Rio de Janeiro

The state with the second largest GDP in the country accounts for only 6% of trading company operations in Brazil. To change this scenario, Rio de Janeiro created RioComex, which aims to bring back imports lost to other states.

Factory created by Dom Pedro II in Petrópolis becomes a million-dollar bet to transform the former textile empire into a gastronomic hub with a gourmet market and historical tourism.

Accelerated growth in international demand for compact properties in tourist neighborhoods of Rio boosts the real estate market, expands short-term rentals, and attracts investors from Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East to the city.

A century-old convent hidden in Tijuca almost went to the ground, but was transformed into a condominium with an open church, preserved ruins, monastic corridors, and a common area that seems straight out of a European film.

Rio de Janeiro expanded by 16.55 km² into the sea, causing 56 beaches, 35 islands, and two hills to disappear.

Rio becomes a testing ground for electric buses: BYD, Marcopolo and rivals compete to see who can withstand heat, heavy traffic, daily recharging, and long journeys to change the future of Brazil’s urban fleet in 2026.

A new marsupial species discovered exclusively in Rio de Janeiro by UFRJ emerged 1.78 million years ago in the same coastal plains linked to the golden lion tamarin.

The ghost condominium that has been sinking for over 40 years in Rio de Janeiro has partially buried ten-story buildings, once housed thousands of people without infrastructure, and is now associated with structural risk and being a body dumping ground.

Engineers want to carve through Africa with a giant canal to bring water from the world’s second-largest river to a dying lake on the edge of the Sahara Desert that has already lost 90% of its water.

Brazil filled the Northeast with wind turbines but now faces the side effect of 705 giant blades reaching the end of their lifespan by 2032 just in Rio Grande do Norte, while the world projects 43 million tons of waste by 2050.

India approved the country’s first submerged road-rail tunnel, 15.8 kilometers dug under the bed of the Brahmaputra River.

Instead of burning or burying old tires, an American city is transforming about 2,000 of them into the street itself, paving its first sections with a quieter and more durable rubber asphalt.

In just one cast, fishermen are surprised to capture 14,096 mullets in Bombinhas and close a historic season with 58,000 fish; scene recorded in the Santa Catarina paradise marks the last day of the 2026 season.

10 giant tortoises are reintroduced and, in just 6 months, trigger changes that lead scientists to investigate a phenomenon absent for 180 years; the numbers recorded on the island impress researchers from around the world.

Greek island offers free housing for volunteers, but there’s a condition: you need to take care of rescued cats.