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Brazil loves (moderately) immigrants

August 10, 2011 7 Comments
Brazil loves (moderately) immigrants

Some 682,000 foreigners live in Brazil according to  (2009) official statistics – but the number might  be higher since many immigrants  don’t have papers and aren’t caught by the radar. Even then, they are a …

Brazil gets more urban, feminine and old

May 2, 2011
Brazil gets more urban, feminine and old

Brazilian population is growing slower.  According to the latest Census, just published by IBGE, the federal statistics bureau, during the past decade, it grew at an annual rate of 1.17% – it was 1.64% in …

The most valuable Brazilian brands

March 23, 2011

Ten Brazilian brands were include in the global ranking published this week by Brand Finance consultants.
The country’s three most valuable brands belong to banks: the leader Bradesco (brand evaluated in US$ 18.67 billion, occupies the …

Gaddafi in Bahia

March 7, 2011

If – let’s make it when – Muammar Gaddafi is finally thrown away of power in Libya, I wouldn’t be surprised if he tried to get a golden exile in the Northeast of Brazil. The …

Footage of isolated indians in the Amazon

February 2, 2011 3 Comments

You may have seen, this week, the first images of a group of isolated Amazonian Indians that live near the Peru-Brazilian border. This is the moving aerial footage produced by José Carlos Moraes, from Funai, …

New bumper sticker

November 26, 2010 2 Comments

Such a wonderful city in such a mess. Sad.