Tag: Cristovam Buarque
Why Is Education Failing in Brazil? For Lack of Trying.
Last week the Chamber of Deputies conducted an opportune debate around one question: “Why ...
No Parent in Brazil Tells Their Babies: ‘You’re Growing Up to Be a Teacher!’
A couple weeks ago in the Santa Catarina city of Joaçaba, in southern Brazil, ...
Brazil’s Many Blackouts Result from a Blackout of Ethics
When reading the newspapers, watching the TV news, speaking with persons in the street, ...
Brazil Has No Senate. It’s Been Buried Under Corruption, Omission and Incompetence
The worst thing about a building collapse is that it silences the dead or ...
Why Has Brazil Congress Lost Credibility? Scandals Are Just Iceberg’s Tip
The Brazilian Congress has good reason to be ashamed of the low credibility rating ...
We Must Stop the Brazilian Lie that Access to School Equals Success
For years it has been said that Brazil took a great educational step forward ...
Blackouts Are All Over Brazil, But No One Sees Them Unless They Touch the Rich
Every day, from morning to night, millions of Brazilians wait for public transit for ...
Slavery Is Alive in Brazil While People Keep Living in Favelas and Streets
Overshadowed by the Pope’s visit to Brazil, the 119th anniversary of the Abolition of ...
Brazil Needs a General Strike to Demand Good Education for All
May Day is no longer commemorated as it once was. The crisis in socialist ...
Will Brazil Give Its Grandchildren the Chance for All It Denied Its Children?
Last month the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) marked its 85th birthday. The Republic ...
