Brazzil

A very good article, Senator and thank you for reminding us of the history.

The article mention that: “Above all, he would not understand how the number of illiterate adults could have increased: in his time it was 13 million and nowadays it is 15 million.”

This information is meaningless without placing it under the right perspective.

In 1889 there were 13 million illiterate people out of a total population of 15 million people – a very high percentage of illiterate people.

He claims that today we have only 15 million illiterate people in Brazil – a number that I suspect is a very low number. Anyway, assuming that there are only 15 million illiterate people in Brazil today out of an estimated population of 190 million people – then we can see that we had a major improvement in that area in Brazil in the last 118 years.

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He is a PDT senator for the Federal District and was Governor of the Federal District (1995-9 and Minister of Education (2003-04). He is the current president of the Senate Education Commission.

So he can place the responsibility for all of this at his own doorstep.

Don't be too upset. I personally adore your commitment to pursue higher education especially among the poors community in Brazil. In my country Malaysia, education is truly in the state of "stock broker ranking=dire straits=suicidal". The Education Minister said that, "Students just can't repay back more than 10billion loans and my department will be in debts for the rest of the century," If you still remember the previous emails that I sent in to you while you are still with the government as a Minister of Education and at that time, I was in the state of "paranoia" you will realise that I am truly at the point of both mental and emotional break down. In fact I went to see my family doctor for personal consultation many times. I went to the Puerto Rico University website and I noticed that the students there are getting scholarships from the Ricky Martin Foundation. In Malaysia, students are getting nervous and simply must obey the rules of the day.

nothing's changed . the language is stil called portuguese, but our grammar is completely different
and portuguese soap operas need to be dubbed for us to understand

LINGA BRASILEIRA JÁ JÁ

Petrópolis

Picture me
Pedro
a lover’s oasis

Scenic, fenceless
of no architecture

I am the green of the mountains
spilling alpine

Glow of dragonflies
flickering the nights

I am The Finger of God
soaring the skies

Teresa of Sicilies
cooling climate

Unser Kaiser
Fairchild
I am your cypress

Rainforest Divine

Care to translate.

I agree with you. What has he done in favor of the "13 million illiterate in Brazil"? Please, I would like to hear you plans Mr. Buarque, helllooooo, I can't hear you.

But the number of servants living in the domestic slave quarters, now called "maid's rooms," remained equally large. Our emperor perhaps would even fear he was still dreaming since his daughter had abolished slavery a year before the Republic was proclaimed, and he suspected that slavery still existed: a new type, with some nuances but, even so, slavery.


Can you give us an opinion of what constitutes slavery? Do you think that it constitutes only the physical characteristics or does it include the conscious? The former still goes on in Brazil, just as much as the latter. By denying "13 million illiterates" education, or just plain sitting you ass on the senate and doing nothing, you are also contributing to the perpetuation of slavery.

Our honorable Mr. Buarque is not really literate when it comes to math!

http://oglobo.globo.com/rio/ma...930083.asp

Click on the blue link to see what REALLY goes on in Rio and throughout Brazil. You are out of touch with the reality, your "13 m" illiterate is, as Ricardo has pointed out", fuzzy math.

If ya all continue criticising my friend, Buarque, I am getting out of this blog.Did ya all know that when he was the governor of DF, he asked all the motorized citizens of DF to obey the pedestrian crossings and they did? He is an honorable gentleman. Easy to crticise him, but at least he has balls.

He has the balls.

So do I. He asked the citizens of DF to obey the pedestrian crossing, nobody did, WHY? It goes back to the education and having a sense of civility. Most people in Brazil, doesn't give a dam when it comes to a simple civic duty, example by running red traffic lights. Is he an honorable person? I won't judge him on his personal life, because I don't know anything about him behind closed doors. Having said that I will judge him on what I know, his record on education, which he gets a "F" on his report card, for failing millions of kids. The title of his "great piece" of history is:Emperor Dom Pedro's Nightmare: Brazil Has Frozen in Time

I will go further and point out to you that it should say :Emperor Dom Pedro's Nightmare: Brazil Has gone from bad to worse.

Take a look at photos of Rio in the 50'5, 60's and even early 70's and you will agree with me, that MY title fits Rio and Brazil better.

don't give a dam.

Emperor Dom Pedro's Nightmare: Brazil Has Frozen in Time

I will even argue that if Brazil had frozen in time, we would be in a better shape today.

I agree to Shelly

I don't think it is possible to compare any Brazilian public school to Colegio Pegro II.

The argument about the number of illiterates is sad and the slavery comparison is poorly expressed.

What propositions does he make to the problems he cites? That the medium and upper class give up on their cars so the distance between poor and "rich" is not so significant????

I really don't like these types of articles that try to say the world is worse than before (in this case Brazil).. most of the time they are wrong. Statistically, life in general has been better in Brazil than before.. though we still have a long way to go I agree.

All our troubles could start to be eliminated with a simple restoration of the Monarchy. Long Live the Emperor!