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Sociology teaches us that spaces are not neutral; just as race or color are
attributed to persons, groups, and organizations, so too are the spaces we
occupy racialized. In other words, either the spaces are projected with the
express intention to serve certain groups or certain groups use them more and
end up attributing to them a given race or color.
Brazil's leading news magazine, Veja, praised Congressman Fernando
Gabeira as "the champion of ethics and lucidity in Brazilian politics". If
Gabeira is Brazil's most believable politician, it may be because he speaks his
mind even when it means admitting he has been wrong in the past and may be
again. 
In a plebiscite organized by 200 social organizations from Brazil, almost
four million people demanded that the CVRD (Companhia Vale do Rio Doce), the
second largest mining company in the world, be put back in the hands of the
Brazilian government.
Brazil should develop the technological capacity to manufacture nuclear
weapons, one of the country's top generals declared in a television interview
earlier this month. The remark was delivered in the context of a turn by the
Workers Party government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva towards a
dramatic increase in military spending. 
Brazilian diversity on TV screens is one of the goals of TV Brasil, according to veteran journalist Tereza Cruvinel, the chairman of Brazil Communications Company (EBC), which manages TV Brasil. The channel is ready to go on the air on December 2.