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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?
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
brazil, partenariats nord-sud, crise financière, crise économique, economy, forum social mondial, economical crisis
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
brazil, football, italy, sport, marina petrella, world affairs, politics
