Tag: John Fitzpatrick
Brazil: Economic Boom – Political Gloom
I recently went into a big supermarket in a down-market shopping center in São ...
ACM – Brazil Will Never See His Like Again
Few people outside Brazil have heard of Antonio Carlos Magalhães who died on July ...
Brazilians Let Politicians Treat Them as Doormats
Brazil has been a full democracy for over 20 years now and there is ...
Senate Chairman Upholds Tradition of Treating Brazil with Contempt
At the time of writing we are watching a familiar scene – the chairman ...
Brazilian Politics: Navel Gazing in Brasília – Largesse in São Paulo
One of the most depressing aspects of Brazilian politics is the way many – ...
Brazil’s Politicians Share the Spoils
Trying to explain Brazilian society to western Europeans and Americans can be frustrating. When ...
The George W. Bush PR Show Comes to Brazil
During his lightning visit to Brazil George W. Bush was hardly recognizable as the ...
US Authorities Tackle Brazil’s White Collar Criminals
Brazilian and foreign shareholders must be wondering why decisive punitive action in an insider ...
Brazil’s Opposition Parties Try to End Disarray
While President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva tries to put together a government from ...
Brazil’s Lula Faces Arm-Wrestling Contest with New Congress
The bewildering way in which Brazilian politics work was evident during the election for ...