Happy Birthday, Curitiba
On March 29, Curitiba celebrated its 319th birthday. Whether born here or arrived recently from another city, another state, or another country, no one is able to resist the sites and sounds of this charming city. The Portuguese who founded the village in 1693 gave it the name of Vila da Nossa Senhora da Luz dos Pinhais (Village of Our Lady of the More...
Tampa = Curitiba
By Rick T. Parnell The following is a true account of how a guy from Tampa, Florida ended up here in Curitiba. It began in 1997 when I was living in Tampa and met a Brazilian woman, Cleria, who worked More...
The Mountaineer
Austrian-born Erwin Grogër arrived in Curitiba 26 years ago. An agronomist by training, on Marumbi Peak, Serra do Mar of Paraná, he introduced Brazil to the sport of technical climbing. Grogër lived in the Barreirinha More...
The Photographer of Curitiba
Luiz Bocian is an amateur photographer. Exactly 51 years ago he was given his first camera, an AGFA (of German manufacture) his brother Valdemar had bought him, while in the Suez Canal, serving in a Peace Mission More...
Guilberto Minguetti is a “Doctor of Paraná” through Devotion
Dr. Minguetti was a graduate of the Federal University of Parana (UFPR), and on March 18 this year, he received the Award of Honorary Citizenship of Paraná. When honoured, Dr. Minguetti bared his heart and declared More...
New Phone App Presented at Paraná Tourism Congress
A new application for mobile phones was launched in Curitiba on 2nd April. The “Curta Curit!ba” (Enjoy Curitiba) application was developed by Cinq Technologies Ltda. As part of the “Turismo nas Rotas More...
Curitiba CVB Launches Promotional Video
Federal Representative Eduardo Sciarra is the author of the parliamentary amendment that favoured the production of a promotional video of Curitiba, and he was present at the launch ceremony. The event brought More...
Curitiba Set on Being Host of International Events
Curitiba is keen to be known both nationally and internationally not only for its transport system, with its bi-articulated and express buses, its immense green areas and the Christmas presentations at the historic More...
Curitiba to be featured in The Guardian
The city of Curitiba will be one of the features in a special edition on Brazil to be published by the British newspaper, The Guardian. Mayor Beto Richa was interviewed by journalist Luiz Fernando Koyven, the More...
Hearts in Love With Curitiba
By Joan Horn My love affair with Brazil began in 1986 with a phone call from a colleague asking if I’d like to go to Paraná under the auspices of Partners of the Americas. The purpose was to set up an environmental More...