Americans don't know that much about Ronald Biggs but this American residing in Rio got to know the ex-train robber (Great Train robbery,1963) due my "sideline" of working for British newspapers. (The sideline helped pay the bills of someone trying to play compose "good" music before Leia mais...]]> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:36:36 -0300 http://harold.blog.uol.com.br/arch2011-07-31_2011-08-06.html#2011_08-03_14_23_07-2076624-0
Sao Paulo--The creation of a "Day for Heterosexual Pride," by a vote on Tuesday of 21 against 18 Sao Paulo City Councilmen, is being heralded by many men --and women--who have felt left out by new laws favouring gays.

"The macho man in almost extinct--there must only be about a half Leia mais...]]> Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:23:07 -0300 http://harold.blog.uol.com.br/arch2011-07-10_2011-07-16.html#2011_07-14_10_17_29-2076624-0 Here is the b difference between Rio and the rest of the world:
Rio de Janeiro--Contrary to a November, 2009 UK court case which fined a British couple for making obnoxious noises during their lovemaking which irritated neighbours,a Brazilian court has fined instead the complaining neighbour Leia mais...]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:17:29 -0300 http://harold.blog.uol.com.br/arch2011-07-10_2011-07-16.html#2011_07-10_12_27_02-2076624-0

Manaus--Tourist agencies which sold sexual excursions with Indian adolescents from 12 to  17 years old in the Amazon disguised as "fishing trips," to foreign tourists(so far Americans) are being investigated Leia mais...]]> Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:27:02 -0300 http://harold.blog.uol.com.br/arch2011-07-03_2011-07-09.html#2011_07-03_10_20_16-2076624-0

Saturday afternoon at the Clark Art Center in Botafogo(Rua Teresa Guimaraes 35,Botafogo)The musician Jards Macale enters,strips to his sunga/underpants,lies on Leia mais...]]> Sun, 03 Jul 2011 12:20:16 -0300 http://harold.blog.uol.com.br/arch2011-06-26_2011-07-02.html#2011_06-28_13_39_22-2076624-0
Brasilia--Brazil,that´s where the insect food comes from?
If Luiz Goncalves,owner of firm Nutrinsecta,has his way food for human consumption from Brazilian insects will be legalised as a "high protein " source of fine dining.
Goncalves ,from Betim,Mins Gerais state, has Leia mais...]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:39:22 -0300 http://harold.blog.uol.com.br/arch2011-06-19_2011-06-25.html#2011_06-25_09_17_10-2076624-0 25 June 2011--What has happened to Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez?

Mystery srrounds the caudilho's present long stay in Cuba,where he is being treated by local doctors for some unrevealed ailment. Meanwhile all of Venezuela seems to be at a standstill. The same mystery shrouded Fidel Castro's Leia mais...]]> Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:17:10 -0300 http://harold.blog.uol.com.br/arch2011-06-19_2011-06-25.html#2011_06-24_21_11_45-2076624-0 24 june 2011:After a long time of not writing a blog,I feel it is time to return reporting on Rio,Brazil,music and other worlds I am"passing"through as a musician (oboist),composer and journalist residing  in Rio de Janeiro.

Am inspired by the popularity of the blog and its growth Leia mais...]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:11:45 -0300 http://harold.blog.uol.com.br/arch2008-08-31_2008-09-06.html#2008_08-31_03_09_01-2076624-0 30/08/2008

It is hard to believe but I have not written in this Blog in almost three years.Like a daily diary,a blog is begun with lots of enthusiasm but difficult to maintain over a longtime period.

My life as a foreign correspondent based in Brazil writing for the British newspapers Leia mais...]]> Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:09:01 -0300 http://harold.blog.uol.com.br/arch2005-11-27_2005-12-03.html#2005_11-30_11_27_03-2076624-0