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3,735. Website. www .light .com .br. Light S.A. ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈlajtʃ]) is a private sector public utility company of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1904 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada by The Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light and Power Co. Ltd., it was authorized to operate in Brazil in 1905. Research activities of generation ...
Light Serviços de Eletricidade S.A. is an electric company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is controlled by Rio Minas Energia Participações S.A. The company was privatized by the Brazilian federal government in 1996 when it was bought by a consortium of Houston Industries, AES Corp, and Électricité de France for US$1.7 billion.
15 km/h (9.3 mph) System map. Rio de Janeiro Light Rail ( Portuguese: VLT Carioca) is a modern light rail system serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The system is among several new public transport developments in the region ahead of the city's successful bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1] Its official name is VLT Carioca, the initialism "VLT ...
Luz was born in Rio de Janeiro. He is the son of a hairdresser and public official in the Rio de Janeiro city government. His name was given to him by his father who always admired Jesus Christ as the most philosophical mind of all time. His surname Luz means "light" in Portuguese. Luz has two younger half brothers.
In 2015, seeing that the context of the Brazilian communities and also the needs were different, Litro de Luz Brasil (Liter of Light Brazil) started working with the nighttime street light, carrying out its first installation action in June of the same year, in the Vila Beira-Mar Community, located in Rio de Janeiro. Today, Litro de Luz Brasil ...
A view of the Cristo Luz at its tourist complex. Christ Light (Portuguese: Cristo Luz) is a monumental statue of Jesus Christ in the Brazilian seaside resort Balneário Camboriú. Its design was inspired by the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, although Cristo Luz is five meters shorter (33 m tall). The statue portrays Jesus holding ...
Rio de Janeiro Metro. The Rio de Janeiro Metro ( Portuguese: MetrôRio, Portuguese pronunciation: [meˌtɾo ˈʁi.u] ), commonly referred to as just the Metrô ( Portuguese pronunciation: [meˈtɾo]) is a rapid transit network that serves the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Metrô was inaugurated on 5 March 1979, and consisted of five ...
Sérgio de Camargo (April 8, 1930 – 1990) was a sculptor and relief maker, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sergio De Camargo studied at the Academia Altamira in Buenos Aires under Emilio Pettoruti and Lucio Fontana .