Tampa = Curitiba

Brazilian sunset

 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 in the same building as I did. Our eyes met several times before we dared to speak. One day a mutual smile and eye contact appeared in harmonic More...

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Erwin Grogër
On Sunday, August 1st, 2010
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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...

Luiz Bocian (67), amateur photographer
On Monday, March 1st, 2010
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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...

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On Monday, March 1st, 2010
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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...

Deep Green
On Sunday, November 1st, 2009
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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...

Sueli Gulin Calabrese, President of Curitiba CVBç Pedro Claussen, Executive Director of CVBç and Eduardo Sciarra
On Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
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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...

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On Monday, December 1st, 2008
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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...

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On Saturday, November 1st, 2008
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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...

Joan Horn
On Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
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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...