10 October 2008, 9:34 pm
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Latin American markets seesawed lower in volatile trading Friday as skittish investors pulled cash from the region on fears that fallout from the global financial crisis could not be contained.... read more
10 October 2008, 3:18 pm
Tom Jobim said that Milton Nascimento was the only singer capable of reaching the original pitches of his compositions. Nothing more appropriate, therefore, than Milton Nascimento joining the Jobim Trio to celebrate bossa nova's 50th anniversary with the new Blue Note Records release, Novas Bossas.... read more
10 October 2008, 1:14 pm
RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Central banks and finance ministers will need to come up with new financial instruments to end the current crisis, Brazil Finance Minister Guido Mantega said Friday.... read more
10 October 2008, 5:54 am
Rio's Beaches A native of Rio de Janeiro city is known as a carioca which is the word for 'native' in the language of the Indians that originally inhabited the area.... read more
10 October 2008, 1:14 am
RIO DE JANEIRO (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega on Wednesday summoned an urgent G-20 meeting to discuss the global financial crisis.... read more
9 October 2008, 2:21 pm
UniversalSports.com is offering a free live webcast of the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday, October 12.... read more