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Added on the 23/05/2023 03:28:43 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Christ the Redeemer, the emblematic monument of Rio de Janeiro, plunges into darkness for an hour on Saturday as part of a global campaign to raise awareness about climate change and its impact on the planet's vanishing plant and animal life. IMAGES.
Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue lights up in memory of Pele, one year after the Brazilian football legend died aged 82. IMAGES
Brazil's iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro is lit up in green on World Environment Day, which coincides with commemorations marking one year since British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were murdered in the Amazon. IMAGES
Lima, Jun 29 (EFE).- Ten years ago Tuesday on a hilltop just south of this capital, then-President Alan Garcia inaugurated an acrylic replica of Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue donated by Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, but instead of nurturing souls, the colossus has become an enduring symbol of the corruption of Peru's political class.
Rio de Janeiro, Apr 14 (EFE), (Camera: Janaína Quinet/Antonio Lacerda).- Christ the Redeemer of Rio de Janeiro was colored green and yellow this Wednesday, a gesture to remember that there are 100 days until the start of the Games Tokyo Olympics 2020.