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Air France or Airbus? Brazilian vs French media on air disaster

('rhiannon_nicolson',) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:47:45 -0000

On 1 June I took a flight from São Paulo to Paris, parallel to the one that disappeared from Rio de Janeiro. Hours later, whilst flicking between the Brazilian and French media, I got the impression that another disappearance was occurring, but this time, with words. A communications strategy or mere coincidence?

Global crisis boosts the world social forum in Belem

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:45:00 -0000

Tired but hopeful. From 27 January to 1 February 2009, a hundred thousand participants joined the WSF in Brazil to share information and ideas. The void left by the financial crisis is a chance for civil society to make its alternative ideas count. Report

Brazil vs. Italy and ex-terrorist Battisti: will politics meet football in London?

('Gemma Turner',) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:30:00 -0000

From the front pages to the football pitch. After the controversy surrounding the Italian former terrorist Cesare Battisti, previously a member of the Armed Proletarians for Communism, a political refugee in Brazil, the two countries involved now face each other on the pitch. Two journalists from either side of the Atlantic answer our questions