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Brazil in the News

rescharf — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:13:48 +0000

Every Sunday you will find here the latest news about Brazil published by the international media.

IPS – Ambitious Development Plan to Cut Inequality

Variety – Boost for Brazil’s indie producers

The Economist – Brazil fires another salvo in its dispute with America over cotton subsidies

Affirmative anticipation:A dispute over land becomes an argument about race (article [...]

Weekly Headlines

rescharf — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:27:36 +0000

This week, the main Brazilian magazines offer a very diversified menu.

Época interviews the story of billionaire Eike Batista, on of the 10 richest men in the world. His empire, that goes from mining to tourism, reaches US$ 27.5 billion – thanks to an unbelievable US$ 20 billion growth in 2009.

Isto É remembers a two-year-old [...]

Reborn Mutantes

rescharf — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:41:35 +0000

Show at El Rey, in Los Angeles, in 2007

Only two Brazilian rock bands really made it abroad. Heavy-metal Sepultura and psychedelic Os Mutantes.

Os Mutantes’s success is peculiar in the fact that the band had its heyday in the late sixties and early seventies, when it was instrumental in shaping counterculture in Brazil. It was [...]

Niemeyer at 102

Deep Brazil — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:32:46 +0000

Brasília Cathedral

Oscar Niemeyer, the centenary Brazilian architect that gained world fame for his sculptural reinforced concrete buildings, is still producing in an almost compulsive rhythm.

His signature is everywhere – not only in Brasília, the country’s capital and the main showcase of his creativity. During the last decade, he designed at least a dozen new [...]

Brazil in the news

rescharf — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:11:22 +0000

Every Sunday you will find here the latest news about Brazil published by the international media.

CBC (Canada) – Johnny Alf, father of bossa nova, dies

Bloomberg – Brazil Stocks Rally as Jobs, Inflation Reports Boost Confidence

Brazil May Overheat on Investments, Coutinho Says

Brazil’s Lula Unbeatable, Not Rousseff, Cardoso Says

Brazil Buyout Firms Have $9 Billion in ‘Dry [...]

Weekly Headlines

rescharf — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:51:53 +0000

Deep Brazil is back to business.

In fact, the transition to a new host and a new look was smoother than I expected. Thanks for sticking with me through this process. I hope you like the results. And, please, remember your feedback is always welcome.

So, back to the topic of the day: Veja covers one more [...]

I need your feedback

Deep Brazil — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

In the next few weeks, I intend to change several features of this blog. It will be moving from Wordpress.com to a self hosted version. I hope it will gain flexibility – wider columns, space for more content and, maybe, some ads.

I am not a computer wizard, so this process might be painful. Please, be [...]

Brazil in the news

Deep Brazil — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:47:07 +0000

Every Sunday you will find here the latest news about Brazil published by the international media.

The Economist – The Money Trail – “Corruption in Brazil: Many corruption scandals stem from the high cost of politics, and unrealistically tight campaign-finance rules”

Financial Times – Brazil to reverse easing as inflation fears rise (you need a free registration [...]

Weekly Headlines

Deep Brazil — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:48:19 +0000

This week, Isto É reveals details of the Mensalão, one of the many on-going political scandals (a big group of congressman that were receiving a “monthly salary” to vote legislation favored by president Lula’s party, Partido dos Trabalhadores). Veja talks about the latest revolution in cosmetics and Época covers the production of a series of [...]

Brazil, 20 years from now

Deep Brazil — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:41:23 +0000

From the Chrystal Ball series:

The Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology released today a study that outlines how the country and the planet will (probably) evolve in the next 20 years. Produced by the Centro de Gestão e Estudos Estratégicos, the document offers a time line based on several sources. It is meant to help [...]