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| March
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| February
- City of Guns: Video,
audio
& photo
gallery, The Guardian
- Understanding
Lula's strength, IRC
- Petrobras:
A Latin model?, Latin Business Chronicle
- Happy
families: Bolsa Familia wins converts worldwide, The
Economist; Brazil’s
Bolsa Família after the demise of the CPMF tax: extension rather than extinction,
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
- Brazil’s
economic progress, The Financial Times
- Carnival
in pictures, The Guardian
- Brazil
offers redemption from the credit crunch, The Financial
Times
- Mangabeira
Unger: ‘minister of ideas’ tries to put Brazil’s future in focus,
The New York Times
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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 | | Economy
& Finances | |
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 | | Energy,
Ethanol, Biofuels | |
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 | | Environment
| |
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 | | Foreign
Affairs | |
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 | | Politics
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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 | | Faith
Healing: From Liberation Theology to Mysticism,
Guardian Unlimited, 17 May; Pope’s
Visit Revives Faith of Icon Makers, The
Financial Times, 11 May; Religion
in Latin America: Lighting on New Faiths or None, The Economist, 3 May
| | Trade
& Investment | |
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 | | Miscellaneous |
| 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 | |