Recife, Brazil News

Jesse Robinson recently returned from Sao Paulo, Brazil, the first international trip for the Jackson bluesman who celebrates his 68th birthday Tuesday night.

Of all the adventures that people come to experience in Rio, it is important not to overlook Rio's significant arts and culture exhibitions .

During the past eight years the apple of Fr. Paudie Moloughney's Brazilian eye has been the planning and development of the Reserva Ecologica Sao Patricio.

Football's world governing body FIFA believes that six of 12 Brazilian stadiums that are to host the 2014 World Cup may not be ready in time, the daily Folha de Sao Paulo reported Tuesday.

It's going to take more than closing a couple hundred rural post offices to fix what's wrong with... Jackson blues guitarist Jesse Robinson is in Brazil, where a continuing Two Rivers Cultural Exchange program is forging ties between Brazilian and Mississippi musicians.

The noted educational futurist describes his "holodeck" classroom -- an environment that supports project-based learning -- and makes the case for why the role of the teacher must change from lecturer to exploration guide.

Three hundred and fifty-eight years ago, a band of 23 Jewish refugees fled Recife, Brazil, beset by bigotry and oppression.