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Culture

Oscar Niemeyer: In Pictures, BBC; Oscar Niemeyer: 100 Years of Daring Architecture, Global Voices, 15 Dec; 'I Pick up my Pen. A Building Appears, The Guardian, 1 August; To Brasilia and Beyond, The Guardian, 4 May; Modernist Romance, The Guardian, 29 April

Oiticica: When Colours Start to Dance, The Daily Telegraph, 10 July

Where Did All the New Brazilian Writers Go?, The Guardian Blog, 4 April

In Pictures: Brazil in Carnival Mode, BBC, 17 February; 100 Years of Frevo, and Musical Innovation on the Eve of Carnival, Global Voices, 12 February

The New Face of Private Equity, The Economist, 6 December

Brazil Tax: Uncertain Reform, Latin Business Chronicle, 3 December

Reforms Essential for Brazil’s Long-Term Growth, Financial Times, October; Brazil's Economic Growth Shouldn't Be Overlooked, Real Clear Politics, October

A Real Problem?, Financial Times Deutschland, 21 September; Brazil's Crisis: Could It Happen Again?, Latin Business Chronicle, 27 August

Survey Brazil: Land of Promise, The Economist, 12 April; Brazil's Economy: Bigger than Thought, The Economist, 22 March; The Brazilian Economy under Lula: A Balance of Contradictions, Monthly Review, February; Brazil's Economy: Stirred, But Not Shaken Up, The Economist, 25 January; Economic Survey of Brazil 2006, OECD, 24 November 2006

The Financial Globalization of Brazil under Lula, Monthly Review, February

Interview: Luiz Furlan, Minister for Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brazil Political Comment, 13 February

All This and Oil Too, The Economist, 15 November

A Burning Question for Brazil's Sugar, The Wall Street Journal, 24 September; Ethanol Giants Struggle to Crack Brazil Market, The Wall Street Journal, 10 September; Ethanol Divides Agribusiness, IPS, 8 September; Ethanol: A Sweeter Way to Go Green, Newsweek, 19 September; Biofuels Will Help Fight Hunger, International Herald Tribune, 6 August; Ethanol Boom Transforms Work in Brazil Cane Fields, Reuters, 20 July; Brazil's Ethanol: Big Potential, Latin Business Chronicle, 14 May; Biofuel: A New Opportunity for Science Collaboration?, SciDevNet, 3 April
The Biofuel Myths, International Herald Tribune, 10 July; Discussing Biofuels: Marco Aurélio Garcia, Brazilian Embassy in London, 12 April; Ethanol - Myths, Exaggeration and Preconceptions, Brazilian Embassy in London (O Estado de São Paulo), 21 March

Brazil's Energy Policy: Scarcity in the Midst of Surplus, The Economist, 16 August

Brazil: Nuclear Energy?, Latin Business Chronicle, 29 May

Amazon Deforestation Drops 25 Percent, National Geographic, 14 August

Driving a Wedge into the Amazon, Nature, 25 July 2007; Heart of the Mata, The Guardian, 4 April; Biodiversity: Reconstructing Brazil's Atlantic Rainforest, Science, 23 February 2007

Report: Small Communities Key to Preserving World's Remaining Forests, International Herald Tribune, 10 July

Brazilian Government Moves to Dam Principal Amazon Tributary, International Relations Center, 12 June; World's Largest Gas Pipeline Proposed to Run Through Amazon, National Geographic, 4 January

Bank of the South: Another Step Toward LA Integration, Council On Hemispheric Affairs, 7 December

Mercosur: A Turning Point?, The Economist, 5 July; Mercosur: South America’s Fractious Trade Bloc, Council on Foreign Relations, 1 March

Building a Global Southern Coalition: The Competing Approaches of Brazil and Venezuela, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 29 October; Hemispheric Echoes: The Reverberations of Latin American Populism, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 20 June; Two Views of Progress, The Guardian, 4 June

Latin America’s Process of Economic and Social Stabilization: A Stagnant Experiment or a Force to be Reckoned With?, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 27 September

Latin America and the United States: Commerce Between Friends and Foes, The Economist, 4 October; USA and Latin America: “Transformational Diplomacy” and Other Fancy Talk, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 2 August; Lula’s Trip to Washington Marks Brazil’s Next Giant Step to Becoming a Heavy Player, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 30 March; Brazil, the United States and Ethanol, Open Democracy, 30 March; United States and Brazil: The New Ethanol Alliance, International Relations Center, 7 March; Latin America and the United States & Ethanol: Fuel for Friendship, The Economist, 1 March; Brazil: Anti-American Foreign Policy?, Latin Business Chronicle, 12 February

Brazil, President Lula and Sugar-Cane Ethanol, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 24 August; Brazil’s Ethanol Diplomacy, Council on Foreign Relations, 9 July; Biofuel and Venezuela: Brazil's Balancing Act, Guardian Unlimited, 7 May

Watch Interview: Lula Discusses the Forthcoming World Trade Talks, BBC HardTalk, 4 June; Brazil in the World: Principle and Practice, Open Democracy, 19 January

Bolsa Familia at Risk, Council On Hemispheric Affairs, 5 December

Black Pride and the Racism Debate, Global Voices, 18 November; In Brazil I Glimpsed a Possible Future: There is Only One Race, The Guardian, 12 July

The Latinobarómetro Poll: A Warning for Reformers: Markets x State, The Economist, 15 November

Politics in Brazil: Laws for the Lawmakers, The Economist, 8 November

Ethically Challenged: Corruption Allegations, The Economist, 17 September; Brazil: A Scandal a Day While Lula Takes in the Sights, Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 10 August; Parliament or Pigsty? A Failed Campaign to Clean up a Tarnished Legislature, The Economist, 8 February

Political Leaders: Extinct, or Just Adapting?, The Economist, 26 July

Participatory Budgeting: Lessons of Porto Alegre, The Guardian, 9 July 2007; Budget Democracy Not New in Brazil, BBC, 6 July

Lazy, Hazy Days for Lucky Lula, The Economist, 28 June

Agrarian Reform in Brazil: This Land is Anti-Capitalist Land, The Economist, 26 April

Poverty

Fight in the Favelas, The Economist, 2 August; Brazil: The Shadow of Urban War, Open Democracy, 18 July; Listen: Gangland in São Paulo, National Public Radio, 27 March

Taking Stock, Economist, 6 July; In These Cities of No God, Democracy is Mocked by Poverty and Inequality, The Guardian, 28 June; Brazil: The Moral Challenge, Open Democracy, 19 April

Religion

Investment Grade: Sizzling Brazil, Latin Business Chronicle, 18 June; Brazil Economy: Investment Leap, Economist Intelligence Unit, 2 May

Diary of a Private Investor: Buying into Big-Picture Case for Brazil, The Daily Telegraph, 2 June; Foreign Direct Investment: Latin America at the Crossroads, Latin Business Chronicle, 2 April

Special Report: EU Trade With Latin America Sets New Record, Latin Business Chronicle, 29 May

Brazil: Agriculture's New Frontier, Latin Business Chronicle, 26 November

Transport Infrastructure: Highway to Somewhere, The Economist, 18 October

Brazil Auto Boom: Can Supply Keep Pace?, Latin Business Chronicle, 13 August

Brazil & Intellectual Property Rights: One Step Forward, One Step Back, Latin Business Chronicle, 14 May; Brazil's AIDS Programme: A Conflict of Goals, The Economist, 10 May