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

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

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?

by João Gonçales @ // 04/06/09

brazil, information, france, media, world affairs

FEATURE brazil : Global crisis boosts the world social forum in Belem

Global crisis boosts the world social forum in Belem

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

by Alexandre Polack @ // 23/02/09

brazil, partenariats nord-sud, crise financière, crise économique, economy, forum social mondial, economical crisis

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

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

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

by Pedro Picón @ // 09/02/09

brazil, football, italy, sport, marina petrella, world affairs, politics

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Brazil (according to Samba-rap)

The recurrent case study for International Business and Development Studies scholars - Brazil - is analysed differently by the country’s Samba-rap musicians. The well performing clusters, such as the footwear cluster of Sinos Valley, was analysed by Humphrey and Schmitz (2002) regarding its functional upgrading triggered by US’ demand and value ...

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Balkans and Failed States Index

Different aspects of freedom, wider human rights and civil liberties, democracy, economical, social and other kind of development are hard to implement if the state is failing or already failed. If an outstanding problem occurs, such as food crisis or a devastating hurricane, the world’s weakest states are the ...

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Marketing showing faces

From the beginning of the New Year in San Paulo, the fourth most populated city in the world, the municipal authorities are dismantling all public advertisement screens and panels. This is the unprecedented war against „visual pollution“. I cannot but wonder about this outbreak of political will in Latin America ...

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