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http://brazzilfile.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.pngtext/html2007-10-04T21:39:53+01:00http://brazzilfile.comThe Smartest Thing China Could Do Right Now: Invest US$ 200 Billion in Brazil - Part 2
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The Brazilian and Chinese governments should sign a long-term agreement (35
to 50 years) regarding these long-term Chinese investments in Brazil including
schedule of interest payments and so forth. Brazil...text/html2007-10-03T12:23:17+01:00http://brazzilfile.comI'm Black, I'm Poor, I'm Not Brazil
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During the past few months, I have spent my free time traveling around
Brazil, spreading a campaign called Educação Já (Education Now). As in the time
of the Diretas Já...text/html2007-09-30T21:32:01+01:00http://brazzilfile.comThe Smartest Thing China Could Do Right Now: Invest US$ 200 Billion in Brazil
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On March 2, 2007, Brazzil magazine published the original article of this
series of articles about Brazil and China: "Here Is Why Brazil Should Adopt the
New Asian Currency." As...text/html2007-09-29T12:18:37+01:00http://brazzilfile.comBrazil's Landless Advice Number 1 to the Rich North: Bring Down the Government!
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What do you get when you fuse the most brutal landowners of the Global South
with some of the most powerful corporations of the North, such as Monsanto,
DuPont, British...text/html2007-09-21T12:54:02+01:00http://brazzilfile.comIn Brazil, Rich or Poor, We're All Prisoners
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An old adage stated, "Brazilian, profession hope." Today, it would be more
correct to say, "Brazilian, profession prisoner." Prisoner of transit, in cars
that are ambulatory cells in slow march,...text/html2007-09-20T20:47:09+01:00http://brazzilfile.comBrazil Finds Out the Truth, But Show Against US Pilots Must Go On
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Given that the two American pilots of the Legacy 600 are now on trial, in
absentia, on criminal charges that carry prison time in Brazil, it's interesting
to see how...text/html2007-09-18T14:35:54+01:00http://brazzilfile.com25 de Março, Brazil's Most Crowded Street, Becomes Powerful Brand
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On a Tuesday, a regular day, it is virtually impossible to walk along 25 de
Março (25th of March) and its neighboring streets. Pedestrians are the ones who
run over...text/html2007-09-15T14:49:33+01:00http://brazzilfile.comSenate Spits in the Face of the Brazilian People
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Brazil's senators showed their contempt for the people who elected them by
spitting in their faces when they absolved the chairman, Renan Calheiros, of
unparliamentarily procedure on September 12....text/html2007-09-14T21:53:04+01:00http://brazzilfile.comBrazil Led Agrofuel Revolution Is Anything But Revolutionary
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Agrofuel development has arrived on the global stage. Just this year, the
number of declarations, dollars, and development plans that have gone to
agrofuels are unparalleled in any other sector....text/html2007-09-11T12:48:18+01:00http://brazzilfile.comIt's Time Brazil Leave Its Pothole-Filling Policy and Strive for Greatness
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Recently I visited the Cariri region, in the interior of Ceará State, to take
part in marches for the "Educação Já" Campaign. While visiting the region, I
listened to and...text/html2007-09-10T11:43:13+01:00http://brazzilfile.comCaipirinha with Curry: Brazil-India Growing Ties Worry Washington
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It shouldn't be a surprise that India is extending a widening presence in the
Western Hemisphere. With Washington focused on Iraq and its "War on Terror" in
other parts of...text/html2007-09-09T22:16:47+01:00http://brazzilfile.comWill Brazil Ever Put and End to the Slavery and Genocide of Its Indians?
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The genocide that occurs in a continuous and silent manner in Mato Grosso do
Sul, Brazil, against the Kaiowá people is a reality constantly denounced by
indigenous leaders, by representatives...text/html2007-09-08T12:41:31+01:00http://brazzilfile.comThe Lord Mayor Goes Zapping the NYSE in Brazil
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The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Sir John Stuttard, has been visiting
Brazil, touting London as the world's leading financial center and trashing the
New York Stock Exchange....text/html2007-09-07T19:02:50+01:00http://brazzilfile.comHerzog's Madness with Method in Brazil's Amazon Jungle
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There is an old adage your mother may once have taught you about the
neighborhood weirdo - commonly referred to in English Literature as the "village
idiot" - which goes...text/html2007-09-06T19:48:04+01:00http://brazzilfile.comWill Brazil and Portugal Ever Agree on a Common Language?
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Brazil and Portugal have signed a few orthographic (spelling) reform
agreements in the past, but could never come to an understanding. Portugal
enforces the 1943 agreement. Brazil goes by the...text/html2007-09-06T11:02:42+01:00http://brazzilfile.comGrowth Is Not Development and Brazil Is Proof of It
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Once again Latin America is confusing development with economic
growth, and economic growth with increased investments and exports. These same
ideas have come up again and again over the...text/html2007-09-05T17:52:33+01:00http://brazzilfile.comAs Walking Metamorphosis Brazil's Lula Has Become Target for Left and Right
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The long interview given by Brazilian President Lula to O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper on August 26th shows the enigma, the contradiction he and his government represent, in...text/html2007-08-29T18:18:43+01:00http://brazzilfile.comBrazil, I'm Tired of Your Rich's Insensibility and Your Poor's Passivity
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"I'm also tired of people who only want to take advantage, of the traffickers' parallel government, of paying so many taxes for nothing, of so much impunity, of so...text/html2007-08-27T22:38:00+01:00http://brazzilfile.comOnly Huge Mass Mobilizations Will Bring Change, Says Brazil's Landless Leader
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The main leader of Brazil's Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST), João
Pedro Stédile, defends the need for the Brazilian agrarian policy to prioritize
income distribution. The MST considers classical...text/html2007-08-27T10:43:49+01:00http://brazzilfile.comUS Lifting of Tariff on Brazil Ethanol Might Spell Trouble for Amazon and Sugarcane Cutters
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The possible elimination of a 54 cents-per-gallon tariff on imports of
Brazilian ethanol has become a vital issue in Brasília due to the country's
potential economic, environmental, and social repercussions....text/html2007-08-24T23:28:57+01:00http://brazzilfile.comWhy Is Education Failing in Brazil? For Lack of Trying.
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Last week the Chamber of Deputies conducted an opportune debate around one
question: "Why is education succeeding in other countries and not in Brazil?"
The answer requires merely three words:...text/html2007-08-24T08:47:31+01:00http://brazzilfile.comFor Brazilian Landless Enemy Is Not Large Landholder Anymore But Agribusiness
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The largest social movement on the continent, and one of the most important
in the world, held its 5th Congress in mid-June 2007 in Brasília. Despite
successful mobilization of masses...text/html2007-08-21T14:36:21+01:00http://brazzilfile.comBrazil's Aviation Chaos: Just a Metaphor for the Lula Administration
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Episodic international criticism of Brazil's aviation system, as well as a huge triggering of public outcries over the recent crash of the TAM Airbus A320, has forced senior officials...text/html2007-08-20T21:00:14+01:00http://brazzilfile.comRumors and Dreams of Eldorado that Are Bringing Brazilians to America
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Brazilian emigration to the United States is directly related to globalization, international mobility, technological revolution and domestic economy. The phenomenon presents a long-short term impact on political, economic, socio-cultural,...text/html2007-08-16T13:11:20+01:00http://brazzilfile.comNo Parent in Brazil Tells Their Babies: 'You're Growing Up to Be a Teacher!'
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A couple weeks ago in the Santa Catarina city of Joaçaba, in southern Brazil, a young woman placed a recorder in front of me and asked, What would...text/html2007-08-13T11:29:19+01:00http://brazzilfile.comOnly Education Can Bring Brazil Out of Its Backwardness
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At the recent Pan American Games, the world saw the flag of Brazil raised at
the podium 161 times. To the surprise of many, our flag is different from the...text/html2007-08-12T21:39:14+01:00http://brazzilfile.comHow an International Bank Sank Millions in Brazil for Some Rodin Fakes
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Did you know that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a very
well-known international financial organization, gave money to the past Bahian
government mostly used to buy fake sculptures and to...text/html2007-08-12T15:39:27+01:00http://brazzilfile.comBrazil: Economic Boom - Political Gloom
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I recently went into a big supermarket in a down-market shopping center in
São Paulo on a Sunday afternoon to buy a laptop computer. The place was teeming.
On one...text/html2007-08-10T13:46:29+01:00http://brazzilfile.comIn Brazil, Graft and Fraud Are Just the Cost of Doing Business
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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva returns home from his six-day five-nation
trip that began Sunday August 5 and took him to Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Jamaica and Panama. Stressing his...text/html2007-08-08T18:22:34+01:00http://brazzilfile.comThe Circus of Horrors Behind Brazil's Biofuel Show
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Brazil is staking its claim as a great emerging power thanks to the leadership it maintains in biofuel production. The price of this ambition is paid by the environment...