Lula’s Plane Takes Off
A draft prepared by the Executive to reform the public pension system has been ...
Brazil and Their Civilized Neighbors to the North
While geographically located in the "western" hemisphere, Brazil does not fully qualify as a ...
Death Squads Won’t Die in Brazil
Amnesty International in its latest report on Brazil shows that high levels of crime ...
The Trouble with Lula
The government’s major strategist, Duda Mendonça, is an extraordinary talent in political marketing, but ...
Cutting Brazil to the Bone
A Brazilian senator wants to drastically reduce the number of Brazil’s congressmen, both senators ...
Out of Africa: Race in Brazil and the US
In Portuguese, the word for "race", raça, is not surprisingly the same as the ...
Brazil: Which Part of Poor You Didn’t Understand?
The current minimum salary in Brazil is R$ 240 (US$ 80). Official unemployment is ...
Brazil, End Illiteracy or Change Your Flag!
Some say that it is inefficient to spend money on literacy programs for adults ...
Brazil: Bullying and Death in the Countryside
The police investigated the site, made their report, and even succeeded in arresting landowner ...
