Tag: education
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 ...
Our Own Minimally Invasive Library Thrives in a Brazilian Favela
The idea originated from an article read during the time I was taking an ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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: ...
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 ...