Tag: Eduardo Paes

• Tuesday, February 16th 2016 - 07:43 UTC

  Brazil will hold Olympic Games despite Zika, says president Rousseff

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said that the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro would take place despite the Zika virus, at a time when various athletes have expressed their fears about competing.

• Thursday, January 14th 2016 - 05:48 UTC

  Rio mayor confident the city has the funds to host the 2016 Olympic Games

  

  The mayor of 2016 Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro insisted authorities had the finances to avoid disruption to the summer Games despite Brazil’s recession. Latin America's largest economy is suffering from a deep recession and soaring inflation -- a contrast to the boom times of 2009, when Rio won the right to host the Olympics.

• Monday, May 25th 2015 - 07:12 UTC

  Iconic London 2012 Games symbol decorates Rio 2016 Olympics Park

  

  The most iconic symbol of the Olympic Games is decorating the city for the Rio 2016 Games. City Hall has installed giant Olympic Rings in Madureira Park, ahead of the largest sporting event in the world.

• Tuesday, June 3rd 2014 - 05:39 UTC

  Rio mayor: be sure when you arrive in Brazil it's not England or London

  

  Those travelling to Brazil imagining they have arrived in England or those coming to Rio imagining to be in London “will undergo a frustrating experience” said Eduardo Paes, mayor of Rio do Janeiro, one of the cities to host the World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.

• Tuesday, December 4th 2012 - 16:19 UTC

  For Spain’s Santander bank Brazil is number one and ‘absolute preference’

  

  Emilio Botin chairman of Santander Bank, the leading financial institution in Spain and among the top largest in the European Union said in Sao Paulo that Brazil is the “number one country in Latin America” and the absolute preference of his institution.

• Monday, October 8th 2012 - 06:23 UTC

  Rio mayor re-elected and will host Olympics; Sao Paulo, run off with the two main parties

  

  Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes has been re-elected with an overwhelming majority in the first round of Brazil's municipal elections. Paes from the centrist Democratic Movement Party will be in charge when Rio hosts the 2016 Olympics.

• Tuesday, August 14th 2012 - 21:28 UTC

  Olympic flag flies in Rio do Janeiro; IOC concern about the 2016 timetable

  

  The official flag of the Olympics arrived in Rio de Janeiro, the host city of the next Games. Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes waved the flag after stepping off the plane with other officials and Brazilian athletes who competed in London.

• Saturday, March 10th 2012 - 16:24 UTC

  Rio do Janeiro celebrates Prince Harry’s visit to promote the UK

  

  Samba dancers swathed in orange ostrich feathers welcomed Britain’s Prince Harry to a party on Rio de Janeiro’s Sugarloaf Mountain on Friday. And apparently the fancy footwork was contagious.

• Saturday, March 5th 2011 - 07:29 UTC

  The world’s largest samba party took off in Rio do Janeiro

  

  King Momo” opened the Rio de Janeiro Carnival on Friday at a festive ceremony where he was presented with the keys to the city, which for five days will dance to the beat of the samba to celebrate Brazil’s most iconic festival.