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If you ever visit Rio de Janeiro, taking a moto-taxi ride up to the top of Rocinha is an adrenaline-pumping way to see the favela up close. From the top you will see something like this: Thanks to the Brazilian Gringo for posting this video. Would you dare to hop on the back of this […]
The Olympic Flame was lit last week and is making its long pilgrimage to the site of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Here are some interesting facts about the torch you may not have known: The torch relay and Olympic flame are not traditions kept continuously since ancient times. The first […]
February 5-9 is the biggest party in the world, just before Ash Wednesday In a few weeks, Rio de Janeiro will host the biggest party in the world. The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is held before Lent every year and considered the largest carnival in the world with two million people per day partying […]
It used to be that no matter what your background — Asian, African or European — you can fit in easily in Brazil. But the reality is very different. Brazil used to be regarded as one of the most racially harmonious places in the world. Yet over the decades, the racial divide has proven to […]
I wrote another book called, “Dating for Life.” It has VERY little relationship to my upcoming book, Renegade Pawn. It’s an international crime thriller about overcoming adversity in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. “Dating for Life” is a self-help non-fictional book that offers the Four Keys for setting up a great date. Without getting […]
There are fundamental differences between the slums of America and the slums of other regions of the world. Let’s talk about America first. Slums in American are by-and-large the by-product of shifts in types of business within regional areas. In a country where the total employment ranges between 3% and 7%, most of America is […]
I am a compassionate person. My wife and I live in downtown Chicago. We walk past people with homeless signs every day. Some have physical disabilities, and others are clearly “not all there.” Because there is a PADS program in Chicago, almost all of them have access to centers that will provide temporary housing. There […]
How the Statue of Christ Redeemer came to be The idea of building a large statue atop Corcovado was first suggested in the mid-1850s, but Brazil became a republic and, with the official separation of state and church, the idea was dismissed. The second proposal for a landmark statue was made in 1920, by the […]
Tragedy and Beauty comingled Brazil is certainly one of the most violent countries in the world. In 2012, 56,337 people were murdered. In the same year, fewer than 15,000 people died violently in the U.S., a country with 60 percent more people. Not surprisingly, beautiful Rio de Janeiro has actually gotten safer for white people […]