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, ...

Favela in Rio, 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 ...

Workers' protest in Brazil

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 ...

Brazilian President Lula and his Chilean colleague Bachelet

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 ...

Brazilian capital Brasília's Justice Palace

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 ...

Brazilian kids at play

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 ...

Bus set on fire by organized crime in São Paulo, Brazil

Enough Already of Pretending Brazil Doesn’t Need a Revolution

Enough already of all the cruelty. Of bus passengers burned alive, of young people ...