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When will they send me away?
brazil | by Claudio Shikida | 14 May, 2004 at 05:08 AM | comments (1) | trackback (0)
I am not Larry Rother, but I share many of his views about the political party of our president. It's difficult to talk about alcohol and things like that. But Mr. Rother is absolutely right when he talks about the assassination of Celso Daniel and the failure of our aerospacial...
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The Unpleasant Arithmetics...
brazil | by Claudio Shikida | 21 Apr, 2004 at 06:01 AM | comments (1) | trackback (0)
I am known to be not so optimistic about life in Brazil. But, consider this: (i) Policemen found 8 (eight) landmines in a drug-dealer's territory, that is, in a "favela" of Rio de Janeiro, capital. Here is one link to this. (ii) Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the...
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Shut up you, government!
brazil | by Claudio Shikida | 17 Apr, 2004 at 09:47 AM | comments (1) | trackback (0)
We know that Mr. Jorge Bornhausen was a virtual ally of many Brazilian guys in the government. Now, after years, he is in the opposition. That's the logic of the politics. I wouldn't be so naive to think that he is a truly libertarian (in Brazil, "liberal" is the synonimous...
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O Caso Staheli - Update
brazil | by Stephen George | 08 Apr, 2004 at 06:12 AM | comments (0) | trackback (0)
No one seems very sure where things stand in the Staheli case. The caseiro who initially was presented confessing at a press conference with Public Safety Secretary Anthony Garotinho and high police officials has now given four different accounts of what happened. The certainty with which these officials went before...
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We don't need nuclear inspections because we are not so smart and we are innocent, believe me!
brazil | by Claudio Shikida | 07 Apr, 2004 at 08:16 PM | comments (2) | trackback (0)
Ok, I agree that nobody is guilty until you show me the evidences. But this is not the same as "the law doesn't apply to you until we have evidences". Am I right? I think so. That's why we have legal mechanisms to minimize the chance of a dangerous situation...
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O Caso Staheli - Not so simple
brazil | by Stephen George | 03 Apr, 2004 at 05:29 AM | comments (0) | trackback (0)
It seems that early suspicions about the motive for the murder of Zera Todd and Michelle Staheli were well-founded. The suspect in the case, Jossiel Conceição dos Santos, has now recanted, saying he was only an accomplice in the case and that the real murderers had paid him R$40k -...
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brazil | by Stephen George | 02 Apr, 2004 at 06:35 AM | comments (6) | trackback (0)
After nearly four months of investigation, police finally believe they have their man. Jossiel Conceição dos Santos, 20, confessed to having murdered Zera Todd and Michelle Staheli in the bedroom of their home. Jossiel had been employed for 3 years as the caseiro - house man - for the Staheli's...
brazil | by Claudio Shikida | 07 Mar, 2004 at 10:36 AM | comments (0) | trackback (0)
I don't know if it's a new research, but it's an interesting one. They call it "Índice do Medo" (Fear's Index?). You can see the results for Brazil (and some of our main towns) here. You can see there that Brazilians don't seem to make association between skin color and...
brazil | by Mike Derham | 23 Feb, 2004 at 11:19 AM | comments (3) | trackback (0)
Over the weekend both Marcelo and Cláudio put up interesting posts about how Argentina and Brazil have responsibility for their fiscal straits, in large part because of the failure of the political/economic elite to (as Marcelo put it) "act like a damn elite." While I agree with them, an article in today's Wall Street Journal gives creedence to the other side of the story.
brazil | by Claudio Shikida | 21 Feb, 2004 at 03:54 AM | comments (1) | trackback (0)
Illegal payments to public officials are not good for the image of a country. So, what an economist would do with this? He would advise you to enforce the law, increasing the probability of being punished. Or, he could also say: "Let people buy and sell the good or service...
brazil | by Claudio Shikida | 20 Feb, 2004 at 10:54 AM | comments (1) | trackback (1)
José Genoíno, an important representant of Brazilian's government seems to be more realistic than his fellows. According to him, the affair involving one of the most important leaders of his party, José Dirceu, will be forgotten due to our great party: carnival. That's probably true (I wouldn't say he is...
brazil | by Claudio Shikida | 19 Feb, 2004 at 08:50 PM | comments (3) | trackback (0)
Há alguns meses, Mr. Stephen George me contactou. Acho que estava terminando minha tese de doutorado. Ele me falou de um blog interessante e me perguntou o que eu achava de poder participar do mesmo. Na época, infelizmente, não pude lhe dar uma resposta positiva. Bem, mas para tudo há...
economics | by Edward Hugh | 06 Feb, 2004 at 12:51 PM | comments (19) | trackback (0)
With today's deadline looming larger than ever, the future of the FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas) negotiations between Brazil and the US still seems far from clear. Still separated by a wade of issues, with market access and agriculture at the top of the list, agreement seems as...
business | by Stephen George | 06 Feb, 2004 at 07:20 AM | comments (1) | trackback (0)
Earlier this week, Brazil's Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE), used its veto power for the first time in 42 years to block Brazil's Nestlé operations from acquiring the Brazilian chocolatier Garoto for R$570m. Apart from the significance of the first-ever veto (by a 5-1 vote), what's significant about this...
brazil | by Mike Derham | 02 Feb, 2004 at 10:08 AM | comments (0) | trackback (0)
Jeffrey Sachs, the global development guru had an op-ed piece in Friday's Miami Herald praising both Lula and Fernando Henrique Cardoso in providing the leadership necessary to help Brazil weather the economic crises of 1999 and 2002:...
Brasil-around
brazil | by Stephen George | 27 Jan, 2004 at 12:46 PM | comments (25) | trackback (0)
Oh...hi there. Let's see. Lula's in India and Dirceu's doing an Al Haig. Brazil, lacking "soul and guts", bombed out of the Athens Olympics by losing to Argentina and Paraguay in the final qualifying rounds. Um. There was some other stuff too - inflation higher in January. Government looking for...
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Brasil-around
brazil | by Stephen George | 20 Jan, 2004 at 05:51 AM | comments (22) | trackback (0)
Today is the feast day of São Sebastião, the patron saint of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It's a big holiday here in the city, although those of us unlucky enough to work outside the city limits still have to work. Que pena! At least the commute was easy...
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brazil | by Stephen George | 13 Jan, 2004 at 10:22 AM | comments (24) | trackback (0)
The week's news from Brazil: Blockade - in rural Roraima state, farmers set up a blockade on all the main roads to the capital, Boa Vista. The blockade was maintained for four days. At issue is the recent ratification of a new reserve for indigenous peoples called Raposa Serra do...
brazil | by Stephen George | 06 Jan, 2004 at 06:23 AM | comments (26) | trackback (0)
A "feliz ano novo" to all of you. The news from Rio de Janeiro: It's been very quiet in Brazil over the holidays (unless you consider the fireworks!). The government has been in its first official holiday recess, proclaimed by President Lula after a successful (in his view) first year...
brazil | by Stephen George | 23 Dec, 2003 at 05:06 AM | comments (23) | trackback (0)
The news from Brasil as we head into the holiday break: Statute of Disarmament - calling it a Christmas present for the millions of Brazilians who fight against violence, President Lula signed into law the Estatuto de Desarmamento, which greatly restricts legal access to firearms, increases penalties for illegal possession...
brazil | by Stephen George | 16 Dec, 2003 at 05:09 AM | comments (22) | trackback (0)
The week's news from Brazil "Lulawrence of Arabia" returned from his Middle Eastern journeys and announced that his travels weren't over, with trips planned next year to China and India. He also announced that Brazil is expecting a visit of Vladimir Putin, as the four cornerstone nations of the G20...
brazil | by Stephen George | 10 Dec, 2003 at 05:13 AM | comments (24) | trackback (0)
Since taking office, President Lula has spent an extraordinary amount of time outside Brazil, ostensibly attempting to establish a new political and economic alliance of developing countries. While the people broadly support Lula's travels (52% support them, 30% oppose them), local critics are beginning to suggest that he ought to...
brazil | by Stephen George | 10 Dec, 2003 at 05:12 AM | comments (25) | trackback (0)
The Staheli case has received a fair amount of international press, judging from recent articles in the Guardian, the New York Times, and about a hundred other sources. One blogger, though, Lenin Guerra, posts a lament, lest we be too quick to blame the general state of violence in Rio...
brazil | by Stephen George | 09 Dec, 2003 at 05:20 AM | comments (20) | trackback (0)
The week's news from Brazil Last week the government agreed to extend the top tax rate at 27.5% for the next two years without concessions to higher-rate tax payers. The move extends an earlier temporary amendment, first approved under the previous government, which shows signs of becoming more or less...
brazil | by Stephen George | 09 Dec, 2003 at 05:17 AM | comments (54) | trackback (0)
Yesterday it was announced that here in Brazil, two large supermarket chains, Pão de Açúcar (currently Brazil's largest) and Sendas, the largest in Rio de Janeiro state, where Pão is not very well-established yet, are planning a merger. The details were fuzzy, but it looks like some kind of a...
brazil | by Stephen George | 05 Dec, 2003 at 05:23 AM | comments (22) | trackback (0)
Our referrer logs are full of Staheli-related hits, so I thought I'd publish a brief update. Michele Staheli died yesterday after 4 days in critical condition. Her condition worsened during the week and she was said to have no neurological function and no recovery was expected. She suffered cardiac failure...
brazil | by Stephen George | 02 Dec, 2003 at 05:26 AM | comments (21) | trackback (0)
The week's news from Brazil GDP Growth - Brazil's GDP (PIB) emerged from a short recession in the third quarter, but its growth by only 0.4% was not as strong as was anticipated. Growth in the industrial sector was weighed down by a 6.7% quarter-on-quarter reduction in the agricultural sector,...
brazil | by Stephen George | 28 Nov, 2003 at 06:04 AM | comments (20) | trackback (0)
Luz para todos - The Brazilian government announced last Tuesday the launch of a new program designed to bring electricity to the 2.5 million Brazilian homes (5% of all homes) currently without. The ambitious goal is to complete this task by 2008. I say ambitious because the majority of these...
brazil | by Stephen George | 27 Nov, 2003 at 05:31 AM | comments (22) | trackback (0)
After nearly a year of protests and strikes, including an invasion of the floor of the congress and an extraordinary week's work stoppage by the country's federal magistrates in August, and despite partisan grandstanding up to the last minute, the Brazilian Senate finally approved yesterday the first reading of the...
brazil | by Stephen George | 26 Nov, 2003 at 05:46 AM | comments (23) | trackback (0)
From the helpful Expats site in Rio, too much information about the theft of a US consular car at an intersection in Rio: According to the police report Leslie was robbed of her diplomatic ID badge, credit card, cellular, a leather lamp cover, leather wallet, and the keys to her...
brazil | by Stephen George | 25 Nov, 2003 at 05:50 AM | comments (21) | trackback (0)
The week's news from Brazil Free Trade - By agreeing to disagree (for now), the US and Brazil, the region's two largest economies, managed to put aside the toughest issues remaining between them in order to keep the FTAA (ALCA) negotiations on-track for a 2005 rollout. Some critics are calling...
brazil | by Stephen George | 24 Nov, 2003 at 06:00 AM | comments (20) | trackback (0)
If not for a copy left behind by a visiting friend, I would have missed this little tidbit from the front page of the November 12th Independent (UK) (and evidently the NY Times), archived on the Truthout website, about the UK's reduction in its International Development budget, redirecting the funds...
brazil | by Stephen George | 24 Nov, 2003 at 05:55 AM | comments (22) | trackback (0)
I came across the Houston Chronicle's lengthy summary of Brazil's current domestic situation via Danny Yee's Pathologically Polymathic weblog. It's a pretty thorough laundry list of the difficulties facing Lula as he nears the one-year point of his presidency. I thought I'd add that in my own experiences, while people...
brazil | by Stephen George | 18 Nov, 2003 at 06:13 AM | comments (22) | trackback (0)
Luz para todos - The Brazilian government announced last Tuesday the launch of a new program designed to bring electricity to the 2.5 million Brazilian homes (5% of all homes) currently without. The ambitious goal is to complete this task by 2008. I say ambitious because the majority of these...
brazil | by Stephen George | 11 Nov, 2003 at 06:19 AM | comments (22) | trackback (0)
There is clear delight in Brazil this morning after the WTO decision that US tariffs on steel imports are contrary to the rules of the agreement, and the economy pages of the papers are dominated by the news. Brazil's ambassador to the WTO is quoted in O Globo this morning...
brazil | by Stephen George | 11 Nov, 2003 at 06:17 AM | comments (21) | trackback (0)
We thought it would be informative if those of us blogging on the ground in Latin America would summarise the news and views from our own areas on an approximately weekly basis. Thus, without further ado, the news around Brazil in the past week, from my own perspective. [I'm dispensing...
brazil | by Stephen George | 10 Nov, 2003 at 06:23 AM | comments (23) | trackback (0)
It's been a good weekend for a friend of mine, the Brazilian composer Harry Crowl. On Saturday he and his fiancée Rosie were married in their hometown of Curitiba. On Sunday evening, his Aetherus kicked off the opening night of the XV Biennale of Brazilian Contemporary Music (note: .doc format),...
brazil | by Stephen George | 06 Nov, 2003 at 06:24 AM | comments (24) | trackback (0)
I came across some interesting statistics about the publishing market in Brazil in the September hardcopy issue of Primeira Leitura. This data came from a survey conducted by the Camara Brasileira do Livro. Total books printed, 2002: 338.7 million Active publishers: ca. 530 Points of sale: ca. 5000, of which...
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" When will they send me away? | Claudio Shikida
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"Over the weekend both Marcelo and Cláudio put up interesting posts about how Argentina and Brazil have responsibility for their fiscal straits, in large part because of the failure of the political/economic elite to (as Marcelo put it) "act like a damn elite." While I agree with them, an article in today's Wall Street Journal gives creedence to the other side of the story."
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