Tag: Cristovam Buarque
Brazil’s Bolsa Família Is Good for the Poor But Bad for Poverty
Recently we witnessed President Lula’s great victory, thanks to a program directed to the ...
10 Steps to End Brazil’s Inequality and Backwardness
Brazil needs a revolution. It is not enough that we maintain the old tradition ...
We Need Jails. Education Alone Won’t Put Brazil Together Again.
Some problems are not solved in isolation. One example of this is the violence, ...
Brazil’s Worst Poverty Is the Lack of Smarts and Feelings
The federal government has distributed posters announcing that in the past few years the ...
Today the Police. Tomorrow Brazil’s Terror Will Kill Judges and Politicians.
Brazil was gripped by violence in the past few days. Everyone is talking about ...
Quotas Are Just a Palliative. Brazil Needs Equal Opportunity for All.
One hundred twenty years after the abolition of slavery, two photographs, side by side, ...
Without Goals Brazil Won’t Reach Self-Sufficiency in Science and Technology
After almost eighty years of effort, we have attained self-sufficiency in petroleum. That process ...
Brazil Agrees It Needs More Education But Nobody Wants to Foot the Bill
In these past few days Brazil appears to have reached unanimity on three points: ...
While Jordan Brings Medical Tourists Brazil Does Sex Tourism
Twenty-five years ago, Princess Sarvath El Hassan of Jordan, wife of the then-Crown Prince ...
Decade After Decade, Brazil Stumbles from One Missed Opportunity to Another
When it abolished slavery in 1888 with the Lei Áurea, or Golden Law, Brazil ...
