Tag: united states

Rio’s Paralympic Games Are History. And a Memorable One

Rio’s Paralympic Games have officially ended in Rio de Janeiro with a mix of ...

Brazil’s Drug War Is Filling Up Jails Like in the US

Nearly half of all people imprisoned in Brazil’s third most populous state, Rio de ...

In Brazil, the Old US-friendly White Boys Are Back. And Obama Backs Them

Reports of U.S. Secret Service personnel procuring Colombian prostitutes and duking it out at ...

Recasting the US-Brazil Relationship in Light of Brazil’s Rising Power

The financial crisis of 2008 began with the failure of major financial institutions in ...

A Message from Brazil: Americans, Grow Up and Stop Whining!

I’m a USA watcher from way back and, unlike most Brazilians, I actually happen ...

A Brazilian Executive Tells Like It Is in the US and Elsewhere

Américo Ribeiro Mendes Netto, a native of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande ...

Bush Wants to End Import Tariff on Brazilian Ethanol

The President of the United States, George W. Bush, asked the American congress, last ...

Americans Will Soon Eat Papaya from Bahia, Brazil

The papaya producers in the northeastern Brazilian states of Bahia and Rio Grande do ...

Nowadays, the US Doesn’t Even Need to Meddle in Brazil to Get Its Due

Rumors that Lula’s 2002 presidential campaign got money from foreign countries are old news. ...

US Sponsored FTAA Will Be Buried at Americas Summit, Says Chavez

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez forecasted that the coming Americas Summit in Mar del Plata, ...

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