Tag: education

Brazilians on the streets demanding direct elections now (Diretas Já)

My Wish for Brazil: a Tempest of Purification and Marches on the Streets

The end of the year is the time to express our wishes. Mine for ...

A project to bring books to a Brazilian favela

Our Own Minimally Invasive Library Thrives in a Brazilian Favela

The idea originated from an article read during the time I was taking an ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Lula Brought Poverty Down in Brazil, But Safety, Education and Health Are in Shambles

On Sunday October 1st, 2006, more than 120 million Brazilians will head to an ...

Brazil's opposition candidate to the presidency Geraldo Alckmin

Are Brazilians Ready for Democracy? They’ll Answer on the Ballot Box

The first big soccer event in Brazil after the disappointing performance of the national ...

Brazilian soccer fan in Germany

Brazil Can Win World Cups But It’s Far From Winning Nobel Prizes

Out of every ten of the world’s best soccer players, at least five are ...

Brazilian jail

We Need Jails. Education Alone Won’t Put Brazil Together Again.

Some problems are not solved in isolation. One example of this is the violence, ...

DVD School, One Way Brazil Is Trying to Improve Education

In Brazil, students at 50,000 public primary and secondary schools with over 100 students ...

Febem, São Paulo, Brazil's institution for delinquent minors

Quotas Are Just a Palliative. Brazil Needs Equal Opportunity for All.

One hundred twenty years after the abolition of slavery, two photographs, side by side, ...

Brazil's National Congress in capital Brasília

Brazil Agrees It Needs More Education But Nobody Wants to Foot the Bill

In these past few days Brazil appears to have reached unanimity on three points: ...

A prostitute in Vila Mimosa, Rio de Janeiro

While Jordan Brings Medical Tourists Brazil Does Sex Tourism

Twenty-five years ago, Princess Sarvath El Hassan of Jordan, wife of the then-Crown Prince ...