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Brazilian children – wishing you a joyful New Year

Regina — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:00:46 +0000

Children’s songs from Bahia

Regina — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:52:37 +0000

Listen to these wonderful children songs from the countryside of the Southwest region of Bahia state, collected by Project Cantigas de Infância. It was conceived by Christiana Fausto, that spent her childhood in that region, ...

130k kids under 14 are the heads of their families

Regina — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:56:11 +0000

The number: according to IBGE, the Brazilian statistics bureau, 662 thousand teens between 15 and 19 and 132 thousand 10-14 year old kids are the main (or unique) bread winners for their families. Domestic and ...

Brazilian cities under the microscope

Regina — Mon, 17 May 2010 06:29:35 +0000

People don’t live in countries or states – they live in cities. Ultimately, it’s the local government, infrastructure and cultural services that define one’s quality of life. And quality of life in Brazilian cities is ...

Millenium goals on the way

Regina — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:27:46 +0000

Brazil is well positioned to achieve the Millennium Goals – the eight development objectives that the United Nations member states are supposed to attain till 2015. The federal government just released the fourth annual report ...

Scary Brazilian lullabies

Deep Brazil — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:53:30 +0000

Most Brazilian lullabies and children songs are scary like hell. Some of them are not exactly child-appropriate. Or human-appropriate. Check this hit parade: The big classic “Atirei o Pau no Gato”, that says: I hit a cat ...

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 ...

Haiti is here

Deep Brazil — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:27:59 +0000

“O Haiti é aqui. O Haiti não é aqui” (Haiti is here. Haiti is not here), sings Caetano Veloso. Today this sounds quite prophetic. The catastrophic earthquake that destroyed Haiti – a country that has ...

Long life to Brazilians

Deep Brazil — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:52:33 +0000

The land of youth, beauty and barely-there outfits is getting old. Brazilians are living at least three years more than ten years ago. IBGE, the federal bureau of statistics, released today a study showing that the life ...

Less undernourished, more overweight

Deep Brazil — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:07:44 +0000

Brazilian women stay slim, while men are getting fatter and fatter. Mal-nutrition and child mortality are falling, but diabetes is on the raise. This is one of the conclusions of a study released today by the ...