Articles in Society
Bahia state in 1927 footage
This amazing little documentary was filmed in Maragogipe, city of the Recôncavo Baiano region by German Gunter Plüschow in 1927. The footage includes scenes of daily life, work at the coffee, tobacco and cotton fields, …
80% of Brazilian municipalities have Native populations
The Brazilian Statistics Bureau released today new data from the 2010 Census that reveal that, eight in every ten municipalities have Native populations. Of 818 thousand Brazilian Indians, 315k live in urban areas. The Census …
Beautiful documentary about Carlinhos Brown and his social work in Salvador
Candeal is a slum in the heart of Salvador, home of Grammy winning musician Carlinhos Brown. “El Milagro de Candeal”, a 2-hour documentary directed by Spanish Fernando Trueba, shows how it was transformed into a …
USP included among the best universities in the world
The Times Higher Education (also known as THE), a British magazine specialized in higher education, just published its well-known annual ranking of the world’s best universities and, for the first time, Universidade de São Paulo …
7 famous foreigners that died in Brazil
Is it true that Brazil is paradise for run-away criminals? Fugitives Josef Mengele, Charles Ponzi and Papillon seem to confirm the myth.
Charles Ponzi (1882-1949)
Infamous patron of the so-colled Ponzi Scheme – a scam which …
16 Brazilians in Forbes ranking of billionaires
Forbes magazine just updated its list of the world’s richest people, which has an increasingly strong Brazilian presence.
After accumulating $ 30 billion dollars, Eike Batista (EBX Group) improved his rank position, moving up from the …
