Opinion

Brazil’s Bolsa Família Is Good for the Poor But Bad for Poverty

Recently we witnessed President Lula’s great victory, thanks to a program directed to the ...

Behind Free Koran Distribution in Brazil Is Islam’s Push to Win the Infidels

According to an article published here in Brazzil, on June 1, 2006, free copies ...

Besieged by Cops and Gunmen a Brazilian Community Thrives

Natives of the Santa Catarina backwoods are instinctively reserved and mistrustful, but Luiz Backes ...

An Autopsy of the Corruption That Sapped Brazil’s Ruling Party

“Hear me, citizens of Brazil, senators, and deputies…” Thus commenced the televised coverage of ...

Believe It or Not, Brazil’s Second in Line for Presidency Is a Communist

Master Gilberto Freire  was absolutely right when he remarked that Brazil was the country ...

Bank Robbers, Treasury Robbers. Brazil Has No Honest Robbers Anymore.

Nature follows its course. Whoever tries to thwart it can be deceived by the ...

The Brazilian Girl Who Shocked New York

Talk about cultural shocks! In 1960, when I was transferred from Brazil to the ...

Deep Throat Has Become a Whistle-Blower in Brazil

“In the real world Deep Throat is leaving the stage.” Who wrote that in ...

Fernando Henrique Cardoso wants to stay

President Fernando Cardoso’s recent announcement that he was interested in seeking a second term ...