Brazil

Half my city is underwater. Here’s what’s on my mind:

I live in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil…

Five Words to Expand Your Brazilian Portuguese Vocabulary

I have a book coming out today, a phrasebook for people who want to learn Brazilian Portuguese. It’s called Português na Prática para Falantes de Inglês. However, I couldn’t find room for a few advanced words that cantruly help…

The Brazilian Economic Crisis at Ground Level

What passes for dog-bites-man in Brazil in 2016

Highlights from a Fender Bender

What happens when you’re involved in a minor traffic accident in…

Brazil’s Anti-Technology Minister of Technology

Brazil has 39 cabinet-level positions — at least for now — and president Rousseff has been picking a new cabinet for her second term. Among the luminaries chosen for this group, as star-studded as a direct-to-DVD sequel to a Lifetime Movie of the…

How do you say “Custo Brasil” in Japanese?

For a few years now, there’s been a lot of talk in the country about what we call the “Brazil cost”, or the cost of doing business in a…

Too many C-sections? There oughtta be a law.

Congressman Jean Wyllys rode his fame as a reality show…

There, I fixed it

How a plastic patch fixed with tape is enough to get you an illegal parking ticket.