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15 Spectacular Photographs of Cities During Blackouts
Last night two of the biggest cities in Brazil (and the world), Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, were plunged into darkness for several hours after a failure at a massive hydro-electric dam. From what we know about urban masses in such situations of widespread confusion, people will either go crazy or come together, and [...]
9 Movies Set in Rio de Janeiro
As you presumably heard, last week the International Olympic Committee made the right decision for once, and awarded the duties of hosting the 2016 summer Olympic Games to Brazilian megapolis Rio de Janeiro–rather cities in recent host nations Spain, Japan and the U.S. This marks the Games’s first visit to South America, and since it’s [...]
