Feb 13th, 2012 at 2:30PM: A police strike in Rio de Janeiro just a week before Carnival threatened to wreak mass chaos upon Brazil's largest festival celebration. But just one day in, Rio's state government announced that the strike had "failed", with just a small percentage of officers taking part.
"It is very difficult to talk of a protest movement without participants," said Chao Francisco, union president for the ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Rio de Janeiro police strike threatens Carnival festivities, then fizzles
Feb 13th, 2012 at 2:30PM: A police strike in Rio de Janeiro just a week before Carnival threatened to wreak mass chaos upon Brazil's largest festival celebration. But just one day in, Rio's state government announced that the strike had "failed", with just a small percentage of officers taking part.
"It is very difficult to talk of a protest movement without participants," said Chao Francisco, union president for the ...The ultimate guide to Carnival in Rio: parties and parades
Feb 3rd, 2012 at 9:00AM:
What's Carnival in Rio de Janeiro without its lively parties and parades? Now that planning, packing, and logistics are taken care of, it's time to think about the important stuff: your social calendar. In this second installment of the ultimate guide to Carnival in Rio, we'll walk you through some of the main events. ...The ultimate guide to Carnival in Rio: planning, packing and logistics
Jan 31st, 2012 at 1:00PM:
Attending Carnival in Rio de Janeiro tops many a bucket list, and for good reason. Not only is Rio Carnaval one of the world's sexiest festivals, it's also an important cultural event for the people of Brazil. Last year, more than 4.9 million people participated in the week-long festival of parades, parties, and carousing in the streets, and the number is expected to increase yet again this ...World's worst places: Top 10 places you do not want to visit in 2012
Jan 6th, 2012 at 8:30AM: Update: Check out the World's Worst Places of 2013 here
What comes to mind when you think of the world's worst place? While it is easy to complain about rural Wal-marts, La Guardia, Applebee's, and any government office with motor vehicle in its title, none of those places escalate the game from nuisance to immediate danger. All of them can be horrible, yes, but a threatened ...Cockpit Chronicles: Video—Food in the cockpit. How it's prepared and what is served
Oct 12th, 2011 at 11:00AM: "I'm getting kind of tired of these chicken Caesar salads."
I said those words just a few months into my career at American. The statement resonated loudly after I was furloughed and flying for a freight airline with barely a bottle of water on board, so I vowed that I would never complain about a crew meal again.
In fact, when I came back to AA I nearly cried when a flight attendant entered ...Photo of the day - Brazilian shopkeepers
Aug 18th, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Two Brazilian shopkeepers are the subject of today's Photo of the Day, snapped by Flickr user jrodmanjr. This image grabbed my eye for many reasons: the intensity with which the two men are engaged in conversation; the grandness of the building itself; the sidewalk's black and white tiles; the interior neon ceiling light fixtures; the back door, ajar and luminous. This is an evocative scene, ...Cockpit Chronicles: There's more behind the Air France 447 crash than pilot error
Aug 12th, 2011 at 8:00AM: Recently a couple of pilots found themselves in a situation that was foreign and perplexing to them; a scenario the designers of the airplane hadn't fully expected. They fought their way for 3 minutes and 30 seconds while trying to understand what was happening after a failure of one of the pitot static systems on their Airbus A330. At times the flying pilot's inputs exacerbated the problem when ...Top 5 MTV music videos that inspire travel
Aug 1st, 2011 at 12:01PM: If you're as old as or younger than MTV, which turns 30 today, then you probably can't recall when MTV (short for "Music Television") played music videos and nothing but. MTV launched on August 1, 1981, with a handful of videos filmed mostly on stages or sets tricked out with some lighting and a few props. As MTV grew in popularity, more and more musicians went on location to shoot miniature films ...
Video of the Day - 3 days of adventure in Rio
Jun 28th, 2011 at 6:00PM:
Wherever you're planning on traveling this summer, consider picking up and taking along a GoPro; it's a small waterproof digital camera that takes great HD video, still photos, & timelapses - perfect for capturing playful moments on land, in the water, and everywhere in between.
Today's Video of the Day is a fun look at one couple's 3-day vacation to Rio de Janeiro. It was shot ...
Photo of the day - Approaching Rio
Jun 3rd, 2011 at 5:00PM:
Many of us love the window seat when traveling. Even in cramped coach class, you can feel like you have your own little nook with a place to prop up your tiny airline pillow (in case you don't fly with a SkyRest like Mike Barish) and a great view of the sky and landscape below. But few of us ever get the best window seat, up in the cockpit, where the view is framed by hundreds of tiny lights and ...Fat Tuesday - top 5 places to party for Carnival
Mar 8th, 2011 at 3:30PM:
Fat Tuesday is the culmination of Mardi Gras, Carnival, Carnevale, and like minded celebrations that take place across the world today. From Guatemala to Greece, Fat Tuesday represents the last bastion of excess in Christian culture before the Lent fasting season begins. The streets pulse with energy and revelers don costumes, throw beads, shout sheenisms, and generally have a booze-fueled ...Carnival Celebrations to draw 750,000 (insanely crazy) visitors
Mar 5th, 2011 at 1:30PM:
The ultimate escape, Rio's Carnival is open with celebrations expected to draw over 750,000 visitors, both foreign and Brazilian spending over $500 million.
"As the king of the party, I declare the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro is officially open," this year's king Milton Rodrigues said. "Long live Rio, and long live Carnival!"
It's a spectacle unlike any other where the normal world is ...Brazil floods kill more than 100 in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
Jan 12th, 2011 at 3:45PM: Ongoing heavy rain has caused torrential flooding in São Paolo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's two most-visited tourist destinations.
CNN reported Wednesday afternoon that the storms and flooding have caused at least 99 deaths in the state of Rio de Janiero alone, and more than 127 overall.
The area northest of Rio and the city of Teresopolis have reported the most damage thus far, ...Search for Air France 447 to resume
Nov 28th, 2010 at 8:00AM: French air accident investigators announced yesterday that search teams will return to a remote region of the Atlantic to resume the search for Air France Flight 447 in early 2011. Officials from the airline and the investigative agency recently met with families of the passengers on board that flight, who urged them to continue the search for the missing plane. Those families have lingering ...Photo of the Day (8.19.10)
Aug 19th, 2010 at 5:00PM:
"Clang, clang, clang went the trolley," sang Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis, giving the most charming mode of transportation its own theme song. Except this trolley isn't in St. Louis or even San Francisco, it's in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, part of the oldest operating tram system in South America. Whether you call it a tram, a trolley, a streetcar, or a cable car, this Flickr photo by ...Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue closed by mudslides
Apr 14th, 2010 at 3:00PM: Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ the Redeemer statue, one of the city's most iconic tourist attractions, has been closed by a spate of recent mudslides. The city has been affected in recent months by a series of landslide disasters caused by heavy rains, killing some 250 residents and leaving around 4000 Brazilian families homeless.
The Christ the Redeemer statue sits upon Corcovado Mountain in ...The ten best cities for sunbathing
Mar 29th, 2010 at 3:00PM:
After you've been cooped-up inside all winter, that first day of nice weather at home feels like a gift from heaven. Clothes come off, frisbees start flying and the hardcore sunbathing begins. Even if it's still cold where you live, the prospect of warmer days ahead looms large. In preparation for the endless days of spring and summer, here's ten of our favorite spots for sunbathing around the ...Carnival in Rio: Joining the throng in the grand finale
Feb 18th, 2010 at 6:23PM: One of the world's biggest and best-known celebrations wrapped up this week in Rio with record temperatures (soaring to 106 Fahrenheit on Tuesday!) as the mayhem of Carnival slowly came to an end. Over 700,000 visitors came to the city (including a few celebrities like Madonna, Beyonce and Paris Hilton) to join in the five nights of street parties, open-air concerts, costume balls and brilliant ...Carnival in Rio: Behind the scenes of Brazil's famous fest
Feb 3rd, 2010 at 12:04PM: It's summertime in Rio de Janeiro, which brings hot, humid days--sometimes of breathtaking intensity. Afternoon thunderstorms provide occasional relief, though these often erupt without warning, sending everyone scattering for cover under the awning of the nearest juice bar as the skies open up.
Summer also coincides with the tremendous spectacle of Carnival, held in Rio on the days leading up ...Air France Airbus hits severe turbulence 10 miles from doomed aircraft location
Dec 13th, 2009 at 12:30PM: Here is a scary piece of aviation mystery - On November 29th, Air France flight 445 from Paris to Rio had to make an emergency descent after hitting severe turbulence. Now, bad turbulence is something any air passenger will have to deal with at least once in their life. It isn't fun, but it usually goes away after 10-20 minutes.
In the case of this Air France flight, things get a tad more ...
