For more news & videos visit ?english.ntdtv.com Tourists arrive in Rio de Janeiro as the city wraps up preparations for the New Year. The big attraction is the New Year’s party on scenic Copacabana beach, with an impressive fireworks display planned. Thousands of tourists have already arrived in Rio de Janeiro, to celebrate 2011 in the city’s famous New Year’s party at Copacabana beach. Two million partygoers, dressed in traditional white, are expected to come here to watch the 20-minute fireworks show. It’s going to be a globally televised fireworks display. Some 25 tons of explosives, distributed among 11 rafts along the shore of the two-and-a-half mile beach, will mark the height of the night. Brazil’s Hotel Association says 90 percent of Rio’s 29-thousand hotel rooms were already occupied by Christmas Eve. This is an increase from last year. [Antonio Pedro Mello, Rio de Janeiro's Tourism Secretary] “We managed to anticipate this holiday season, during which Rio de Janeiro already has a large number of tourists here for the New Year.” Hundreds of workers are hurrying to finish setting up health centers and four stages that will host concerts on that special night. [Carla Santiago, Tourist]: “I am very excited, but also worried about the violence that we saw on the news and on the media. But, I am confident.” Last month, drug gangs launched a wave of violence in the city. 46 people were found dead when police and Army officials seized a notorious slum in the northern …
Golf will return to the Olympic Games in 2016 for the first time since 1904. OMEGA has created a television commercial to welcome it back to the world’s most prestigious sporting platform for the first time in well over a century. The spot, which features Spanish golf star Sergio Garcia, was recorded at different locations around the world.
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A small war took place last week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between Brazilian forces and hundreds of drug traffickers holed up in the shantytown complex dubbed Complexo do Alemão. After recent efforts by officials to pacify Rio’s drug and gang-related violence ahead of the upcoming the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics Games, drug gangs struck out last week – attacking police stations and staging mass robberies. After days of preparation, Brazilian security forces launched a raid in the Complexo do Alemão, where between 500 and 600 drug traffickers were holed up. At least 42 people were killed in the violence last week, with security forces taking control of many neighborhoods. A relatively low number of arrests were made, and authorities warn of further conflict as they continue to try and flush out more suspects in Rio’s maze of favelas. The article is reproduced in accordance with Section 107 of title 17 of the Copyright Law of the United States relating to fair-use and is for the purposes of criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. www.copyright.gov Music by – City of God/Metamorfose Ambulante
Rio 2016 Olympics Schematic Design presented by Bruno Campos/BCMF ARQUITETOS at the AIA New York Center for Architecture. Draft video by O2 PRODUÇÕES / Casa Digital When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM FRIDAY, APRIL 23 Where: At The Center The AIANY Global Dialogues Committee and theWaterfront Committee of the APA, New York Metro Chapter present: The winning bid for the 2016 Olympics by the Brazilian Olympic Committee for Rio de Janeiro, its urban planning and architecture, will be presented to a New York City audience for the first time. Focusing on the complex aspects of designing this Olympic bid, where Chicago, Madrid, and Tokyo were eliminated, the discussions will include macro urban planning and micro design issues related to the unique characteristics of the city of Rio de Janeiro. A panel discussion and reception to follow. Organized by: AIANY Global Dialogues Committee; Warren Antonio James, Warren A. Architects + Planners / Waterfront Committee APA New York Metro Chapter, Bonnie Harken, Nautilus International Development Consulting, Inc. Sponsored by: Consulate General of Brazil, New York TURNER International LLC AECOM Nautilus International Development Consulting, Inc. Vita Coco
Fabiano Cid, Managing Director of Ccaps Translation and Localization, introduces Alexandre Techima, Planning and Coordination Director of the Organizing Committee for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, who talks about the city’s candidacy to host the Games In the first session of Think Latin America. This is the first part of a series of seven videos and the slides for this presentation can be downloaded from here: www.slideshare.net
Wild scenes erupted across Brazil as locals celebrated winning the Games. Rio de Janeiro was tonight named the host city of the 2016 Olympics beating Madrid.