Tag Archives: Brazilian politics

The mayor’s spiel: a guide

Para Sabatina de nosso prefeito: um guia, clique aqui Eduardo Paes, our mayor who ends his second term in the coming Olympic year, sat down with Folha de São Paulo reporters last Wednesday. Paes knows the importance of communication. After the … Continue reading

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The sixties are coming to Brazil

This is off-topic, but readers may be curious to read a translation of today’s essay by your blogger in the online version of Época magazine, in Ruth de Aquino’s blog. The original is here, with a great photo by Margaret … Continue reading

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Does Santa exist? The professional and the personal in Rio

[Para português, clique aqui] Better to keep things separate The euphoria begins as soon as the state takes control of territories formerly under drug traffickers’ thumbs. Police and favela residents become friends. Police officers waltz with favela debutantes. In at least … Continue reading

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Social assistance: old-style government persists in Rio

Musical chairs are good only for those who get to sit in them O Globo reported today on page 19 of its Rio section, in a story that couldn’t be found online, that the speaker of Rio’s state legislature , … Continue reading

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