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2004 -
August 2004
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 Cape Verde, which cannot
meet its meager US$ 2.5 million debt
obligation, had it forgiven. This miserable sum doesn't pay for
a
twentieth of Brazil's new presidential jet. In Gabon, Lula again
extended courtesy with his fellow citizen's hat. He managed to
pardon the US$ 36 million Gabonese debt. Such generosity.
by: Janer
Cristaldo
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2004 -
August 2004
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Sunday, 01 August 2004 08:54 |
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 The Brazilian government
is getting ready to put the Amazon
for sale. Foreign companies will be able to bid. Multinationals
and even governments of rich countries will buy almost the
totality of the soon to be privatized territory, thus anticipating
in decades their domination and internationalization.
by: Carlos
Chagas
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2004 -
August 2004
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Sunday, 01 August 2004 08:54 |
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 In the land of the
non-blue-eyed-blondes, blue-eyed-blonde model
Gisele Bündchen, is the sole source of unrelenting adulation
amongst Brazilians. Anything or anyone that creates an
illusion that Brazil is part of Europe or the US is highly valued.
Anything that reminds Brazilians of their own roots is rejected.
by: Alan
P. Marcus
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2004 -
August 2004
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Sunday, 01 August 2004 08:54 |
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 The Brazilian government
plans to install 6,000 computer centers
around the country by the end of 2007. If this target is met, 18
million low-income Brazilians will have access to the Internet.
To save money Brazil will forgo Microsoft Windows and other
paid software and adopt instead free software like Linux.
by: Gabriela
Guerreiro
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2004 -
August 2004
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Sunday, 01 August 2004 08:54 |
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 A huge pension bill
has made Brazil one of the most indebted in the
world. The average age of retirement and life expectancy after
retirement in Brazil is 54 and 20.2 years respectively,
compared with 63.8 and 15.8 years in other countries. To finance
this, taxes in Brazil are twice as high as the Latin American average.
by: John
Fitzpatrick
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