Brazil: Northeasterners Get No Respect
Brazilian TV viewers may associate what is deemed as successful attributes with urban or ...
Lula’s Plane Takes Off
A draft prepared by the Executive to reform the public pension system has been ...
Brazil and Their Civilized Neighbors to the North
While geographically located in the "western" hemisphere, Brazil does not fully qualify as a ...
IMF Wants More from Brazil
Every Brazilian had to work one whole month in 2002 just to pay Brazil’s ...
Erasing the National Memory in Brazil
Due to lack of funds, São Paulo’s TV Cultura has been reusing old videotapes ...
The Old Boys (and Girls) from Brazil
The proportion of Brazil’s elderly is increasing more rapidly than that of children. In ...
Brazil, Still a Banker’s Paradise
Banks in Brazil rank among the planet’s most profitable with returns on equity that ...
Lula: "We Should Stop Blaming Others"
Lack of money is not an excuse, says Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da ...
Gil and Gal—What a Guy, What a Gal
Brazil’s Culture Minister, Gilberto Gil, should make singer Gal Costa an arts ambassador and ...
Tough Lula To Oust Rebels
While the rest of us think President Luiz In¶cio Lula da Silva has been ...