Panorama Brasil em Movimento was devised and developed in 2006 at the University of
São Paulo, and in the intervening years it has become a pathbreaking manifestation of
Brazilian culture. An ongoing programme of debates and cultural events embracing the
visual arts, music, dance and cinema, its mission is to promote flows of cooperation, to
share experiences and knowledge, to convey an image of contemporary Brazil, explore new
technologies, and stimulate themes for collaborative research, wherever there is potential toread the rest of story »

On Saturday 22 May (12 – 5pm), visitors to London’s
Vinopolis will be able to meet Brazilian wine
producers and taste red, white and sparkling wines
from all six of southern Brazil’s wine regions. The event marks the arrival of Wines from
Brazil as a permanent presence on the Vinopolis ‘Wine Trail’.On Saturday 22 May (12 -
5pm), visitors to London’s Vinopolis will be able to meet Brazilian wine producers and
taste red, white and sparkling wines from all six of southern Brazil’s
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/7618278/Amazon-river-dolphins-photographed.html

The pink mammals live in the giant river about 50 miles south of the Brazilian city of Manaus and are in fact freshwater creatures.

Captured on film over a total of three weeks by Seattle based photographer Kevin Shafer, the dolphins distinctive pink colouring develops with age and is exaggerated by the red silty Amazonian water. Growing up to seven feet long, their partial blindness is of little consequence in the murky waters.

The Guardian –
On a hilltop high above downtown Rio, an ageing white sign clings to a bullet-pocked water tank that sprouts from the peak of the city’s oldest shantytown. “Rio’s state government,” it reads. “Making our people happier.”

For years residents of the Morro da Providência have stared up at the sign and its bulletholes – the result of shoot-outs between police and drug traffickers – with a mixture of amusement, frustration and disgust. Accustomed to the iron fist of the drug faction
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26 April 2010 | 7.15pm
The Hellenic Centre, 16-18 Paddington Street, Marylebone, London W1U 5AS
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary from the inauguration of Brazil’s modern capital,
Styliane Philippou will give an illustrated lecture in English on the making of Brasília. Dr
Styliane Philippou is an architect and architectural historian, and author of Oscar Niemeyer:
Curves of Irreverence, published by Yale University Press in 2008. Free entry but please
confirm attendance on 020 7563 9835.

Brazilian tourism exhibitions will be taking place in Brighton (20
April, Old Ship Hotel), Southampton (21 April, Southampton FC) and
Bristol (22 April, Marriott City Centre) as part of the ‘roadshow’
organised by the Brazilian tourist office (Embratur) and the Embassy
of Brazil in London. It is expected that there will be 10 co-exhibitors
and that each event will be attended by around 60 travel agents. For
further information contact Chris Fuzinatto from Embratur: ebt.uk@embratur.gov.br

Rio de Janeiro’s towering Christ the Redeemer statue has been closed to the public after landslides that hit Brazil, killing some 250 people.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8619624.stm

Amazon animals storm London Zoo

A Golden-headed Lion Tamarin lands infront of you and looks you in the eyes. Ears pricked, curiosity piqued… ‘what’s he going to do now?’, is the thought passing through both your heads. The answer, you can discover at the relaunched Rainforest Life installation at ZSL London Zoo, simulating the experience of a tropical rainforest. But worry not, the monkeys passing freely between visitors and the 800 species of plants brought in from Costa Rica won’t take any notice if left unprovoked.

http://jungledrumsonline.com/articles/monkey-business/