Tag: Cristovam Buarque

The Story of Higher Education in Brazil: Too Many Openings, Too Few Good Schools

Instead of the consumption of classes, education is a process of knowledge accumulation. But ...

Brazilian Senator Explains the Lessons Greece Taught the World

The year 2011 was the year of Greece. More than Ireland, Iceland, Spain, Portugal ...

The Obvious Act of Refusing a Bribe Has Become Heroism in Brazil. And This Is a Shame

Last month, Brazil took pride in Rio de Janeiro’s police: some of them for ...

A Brazilian Senator’s Proposal: A World Tribunal to Judge Environmental Crimes

In July 1981, during the 33rd Meeting of the Brazilian Society for the Progress ...

Arab Spring Winds Are Now Blowing Through Brazil

On the 7th of September – Independence Day in Brazil – the population of ...

In Brazil Our Solutions May Be Creative, But They Are Also Stupid and Unjust

Brazil is a country that is highly creative in social politics, finding ways to ...

Brazil Keeps Soviet Union Tradition of Financing Bad Art with Taxpayers’ Money

When I lose my capacity to get outraged I’ll know I’m becoming old, used ...

Brazil Boasts of Being a BRIC, But Being a FICS Would Be Much Better

BRIC is the acronym for Brazil, Russia, India and China. The Gross Domestic Product ...

Brazil Is a Prisoner of Now with No Consideration for Tomorrow

Much before the skies were preparing for the rain, the tragedies in Rio de ...

To Avoid Oil Curse Brazil Needs to Use It to Promote Kids and Human Intelligence

In the last fifty years, Brazil has invested in the city of São José ...