U.S. Vice President Biden Visits Brazil
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Biden begins his three-day visit to Brazil in Rio
on Wednesday where he will spend two full days meeting business figures,
particularly from the energy sector. He will also meet with community leaders,
including a visit to a pacified favela community.
Biden will meet President Dilma Rousseff and Vice President
Michel Temer at the Planalto in Brasília on Friday, May 31st. An official
statement said the Vice President looks forward to discussing “ways to deepen
our economic and commercial partnerships and further our engagement on the
broad array of bilateral, regional and global issues [...].”
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2013 BMW Jazz Festival in SP and Rio
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The BMW Jazz Festival returns this
month to São Paulo on June 6th-9th and Rio on June 8th-10th. The music event, which is
celebrating its third consecutive year in Brazil, will feature live performances
by internationally renowned names in jazz music that include Pat Metheny;
Esperanza Spalding; Brad Mehldau Trio; Joe Lovano & Dave Douglas, and the
James Farm band.
“With three years of implementation, we can say that the BMW
Jazz Festival has reached its maturity,” Monique Gardenberg of Dueto Produções
announced in a press release.
Rio Prepares to Host 2013
WYD in July
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In just over a month, the city of
Rio will receive an estimated two million Catholic youths, and Pope Francis
himself, for the 2013 World Youth Day. In order to accommodate the influx,
several public holidays have been announced during the event, as well as 149
extra flights, and 20,000 private charter buses (more than double the fleet of Rio city buses).
The event is officially from July 23rd to 28th, and the
public holidays announced by the Rio city government will take place Thursday
and Friday, July 25th and 26th, coinciding with the Pope’s arrival and welcome
ceremony set to take place on Avenida Atlântica in Copacabana.