Tag: John Fitzpatrick

World Cup Brings Out the Best and Worst in Brazil

The World Cup brings out much that is great about living in Brazil but ...

Lula – Brazil’s Big Spender

It’s easy to spend other people’s money as you will know if you have ...

The Dogs of War are Unleashed in Brazil

The outburst of violence which broke out in São Paulo on May 12 and ...

Brazil’s Lula Still Vulnerable Despite End of Investigation into Scandal

Like sunbeams shafting through a thick dark cloud, some scattered rays of morality have ...

Brazil: The PSDB Takes the Hard Road

The manner in which the PSDB went about choosing its presidential candidate, Geraldo Alckmin, ...

Fooling Around with Brazilian Politics and History

When Peter Robb’s book A Death in Brazil was published in 2004 I tried ...

Brazilian Elections: Alckmin the Hare Takes on Serra the Tortoise

The contest to see who will be the next President of Brazil has already ...

Patronizing Brazilians the Politically Correct Way

I have written quite a lot about tourism in Brazil, generally pointing out that ...

Brazil: Election Gives Voters Chance to Clean Up Congress

Brazilian Congressmen have started to make some long-needed reforms in the House of Representatives. ...

Despite Its Derelict Air, João Pessoa, Brazil, Has Some Charm

At the beginning of the year the coastal cities in the Northeast of Brazil ...