Brazil’s Internet is Under Legislative AttackRed Alert: It’s Time to Mobilize, BrasileirosIn recent years, Brazil has gotten enormous respect worldwide for its pioneering Civil Rights Framework for the Internet, commonly known as the Marco…
An Open Letter to Mark MansonDear Mark Manson,You don’t seem to know much about social problems, culture, or Brasil (I’m going to stick with our own version of our name here). But thanks for you insight. I’ve just read your open letter and kind of felt the need to reply to it…
Brazil’s leading jurists are against impeachment proceedingsA group of well known Brazilian jurists that represent juridical intellectual elite met on monday (12/7) with President Dilma Rousseff and ministers, including José Eduardo Cardozo, Minister of Justice, to discuss the legal…
Bossa nova in 2DA note from Porto Alegre, BrazilIt usually happens as the night begins to wind down, when the chirpy energy has begun to subside a little. Once the weightier group-wide discussions and fragmented catch-ups have come to their natural conclusion, and…
A street called democracy and hope…On Friday, hundreds of thousands of Brazilians went out on the streets to fight for democracy. They defied fear. They created hope. A report from the Ground Zero
:: BREVES REFLEXÕES SOBRE A “CARTA DO GRINGO” ::Nos últimos dias, tem florescido em diversas oportunidades algo que parece vindo de uma propaganda infomercial, que promete em 13 minutos solucionar os problemas do Brasil como um todo. (Atenção: em contraponto, eu não tenho a mínima ideia de quanto vai demorar para ler esse…
Playlist of the Week: Bossa NovaProbably the style of Brazilian music that’s most known abroad, Bossa Nova was actually short-lived in…