Tag: education
My Brazilian Dream Comes True But for a Little Detail
After tiring of the Brazilian social problems, I woke up to the fact that ...
In Brazil, Rich or Poor, We’re All Prisoners
An old adage stated, “Brazilian, profession hope.” Today, it would be more correct to ...
Why Is Education Failing in Brazil? For Lack of Trying.
Last week the Chamber of Deputies conducted an opportune debate around one question: “Why ...
No Parent in Brazil Tells Their Babies: ‘You’re Growing Up to Be a Teacher!’
A couple weeks ago in the Santa Catarina city of Joaçaba, in southern Brazil, ...
Slavery Is Alive in Brazil While People Keep Living in Favelas and Streets
Overshadowed by the Pope’s visit to Brazil, the 119th anniversary of the Abolition of ...
Brazil Needs a General Strike to Demand Good Education for All
May Day is no longer commemorated as it once was. The crisis in socialist ...
Brazil and Chile Agree: Education is Priority Number 1 in LatAm
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet called ...
The Real Cost Brazil: a Lavish State Machine That Doesn’t Deliver
A major survey of Brazil by the Economist has made the country once more ...
Only a Revolution Will Take Brazil Out of the 19th Century
The Brazilian people are oscillating between disappointment and gratitude: disappointment over how long it ...
Enough Already of Pretending Brazil Doesn’t Need a Revolution
Enough already of all the cruelty. Of bus passengers burned alive, of young people ...