Rio's airport provides 24 hour telecommunication services. The domestic telex service now covers the whole of the country. Services are reasonably reliable. Sending mail registered or franked will eliminate the risk of having the stamps steamed off. Airmail service to Europe takes four to six days.
Surface mail takes at least four weeks.
The only English newspaper is The Brazil Herald in Rio. Also in Rio there is an English Language publication, the Rio Visitor which gives tourist information. From time to time these change. Around 250 daily newspapers with a combined circulation of under 5m. Due to distribution difficulties in such a large country there are no national dailies.