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Comment by David Paul Appell on February 12, 2010 at 4:50pm

It's a tricky thing, like razing slums to make way for more salubrious housing and so forth -- often the poor get bulldozed as well (figuratively speaking).

Comment by Paul Barnett on February 12, 2010 at 3:44pm

Interesting! The same policy is being adopted in Recife, and I guess in other cities too. A pity they don´t have projects to work out how to re-employ the street vendors that prevent from scatrching a living, but apart from that a welcome improvement I think. The food on the beach can, and does cause serious illness, even deaths. And, the smells of fish being friend in cheap oil can be pretty revolting!

Comment by David Paul Appell on February 12, 2010 at 3:28pm

Anybody catch this the other day, re rehabbing carioca beaches?

Rio De Janeiro Journal: Clamping Down on the Kaleidoscope of Rio’s Beaches

Luis Fernando Bensimon beamed as he looked away from the crystalline waters of Rio’s famed Ipanema Beach, away from the beautiful bodies perfecting their caramel-mocha tans just days before the city explodes with its annual Carnaval celebration.

Mr. Bensimon marveled instead at the plastic orange garbage bins lined up in the middle of the sand, and at the portable bathrooms along the sidewalk — sights he was not used to seeing.

“I have never seen the beach here so clean and orderly,” said Mr. Bensimon, 45, a Rio native who left the city 22 years ago. “It has improved a lot.”

Rio’s beaches, famous as much for their boisterous energy as for their natural beauty, are undergoing a makeover thanks to a “Shock Order” program by the city’s new mayor, Eduardo Paes.

But in the quest for order — a warm-up, of sorts, for the Olympics that will be held here — Mr. Paes is trampling on some storied Rio beach traditions and potentially putting hundreds, if not thousands, of beach vendors out of work in what is one of Rio’s most visible informal economies.

rest of article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/world/americas/10rio.html?ref=world

Comment by Paul Barnett on January 5, 2010 at 8:12pm

Members of this group may be interested in the Brazilian Travel and Tourism Network on Linked In: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1823956&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr

Comment by Jose Balido on January 5, 2010 at 8:19am

Brazil tourism in a privileged position

Brazil's tourism sector seems to be in a privileged position relative to other major tourist destinations worldwide.

Comment by Tripatini on October 3, 2009 at 10:06am

Parabéns Brasil! Go-Lo would like to extend its congratulations to Rio de Janeiro and Brazil on winning the 2016 Summer Olympics!!

Comment by Jose Balido on October 2, 2009 at 8:23pm

It's Oktoberfest... in Blumenau, Brazil! Check out this Germanic party, Brazilian-style... (Any of you guys ever been? I'd be curious to hear!)

Comment by Wendy Capra on August 30, 2009 at 11:06am

I never did report back.............. LOVED Rio and Sao Paulo!!!! Rio more, of course, it is jus the MOST AMAZING place. I'll just have to go back........... maybe without the boyfriend since (I think?) we kinda just broke up................. But my love affair with Brazil is going full tilt!!

Comment by Wendy Capra on August 9, 2009 at 10:09pm

I'm dating a really nice guy from Brazil and we're going to Rio and Sao Paulo next week and then on to Argentina........... He knows Brazil of course but if anybody has any "don't miss" type stuff I should see, let me know!