Recife & Olinda - Family and Tradition

I know that NP is a news site, so you have to post here something new, actual, ready to make the headlines, going up and up, maybe hitting the global press, the famous media, Reuters, New York Times, everywhere, and...

Recife, Olinda and The Captains of the Sands

This article is part of a series I am writing in consequence of my recent trip to the Brazilian cities of Recife and Olinda . On 1937 the Brazilian writer Jorge Amado published a novel called Captains of the...

Olinda, Recife and the invisible bridge

 As promised on my previous article I will be writing about Olinda and Recife, cities located at the Brazilian state of Pernambuco.On this first article my intention is to introduce Recife and Olinda to...

Historic Olinda, Modern Recife

I just made to Recife yesterday, after escaping from a snow storm in Wisconsin; I left behind 0F and 12 inches on snow to arrive into an 110F with lots of sunshine. Recife and Olinda are neighbor cities located at...

French President Sarkosy and Carla in Bahia State for Vacations

I have reported about Itacaré, and the magic Coast of Dendê on NP before, these are the most well preserved piece of coastline in Brazil. Today the Brazilian Newspaper "O Globo" is reporting that French...

White Christmas Evening in Wisconsin

  Southern Wisconsin is covered of snow, sequential storms have hit the area, my backyard has almost two feet ( 40 cm) of accumulated snow and 1-3 inches are expected through the day.  After a week with...

French President Sarkozy arrived in Brazil

In 1555 two French ships with 100 men, under command of Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon, invaded the newly established Portuguese colony settled at the shores of Guanabara bay, where today is located the city of...

Chavez: What a heck is this mall doing on my way?

My wife always say to all my friends that she has the right formula to make me upset, it is easy, just bring me to a shopping mall and I get in bad mood. Shopping Malls are in the bottom of any list I would visit,...

Venezuela's Chavez Accused of Violating Human Rights

I found this article on the Latin American Herald Tribune, it is about an accusation of Chavez regime on violating human rights. Interesting reading."Venezuelan authorities are holding defendants for up to...

Madonna Has Found Jesus in Brazil

You may be thinking that Madonna has just accepted Jesus on her recent trip to Brazil, or maybe she has visited the famous Jesus statue out of Rio de Janeiro hills. Neither converted nor a tourist quick visit to...

Rio's Christmas tree is floating

Rio de Janeiro has a very special Christmas decoration, one of the traditions is the floating Christmas tree at Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon. The video shows the "Grand Open" of the Christmas Festivities in Rio de...

Christmas In Brazil

I found this intersting, a very well written article about Christmas tradition in Brazil. Feliz Natal everyone!"Brazilians are a mix of people from many parts of the world, and as a former Portuguese...

Brazilian call centers :To be fined, please press 1

Brazil battles call center "on hold" misery Brazil is imposing severe fines to companies with call centers that make customers wait on line for more than one minute. Transferring people several times is also...

Brazil is redesigning its armed forces

That is not a new subject,it has been reported on NP several times,  but this NYT article unveils interesting details about the recent lauched military upgrade plan on the largest Latin American economy....

Raul Castro Says Hugo Chavez Is a Talker

Castro is tired of Chavez talk, but who isn't?"A smiling Cuban President Raúl Castro says he has "a problem" with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez because he talks for long. Castro says he turns down the volume...