Janar Wasito

Tropa de Elite 2

So how accurate is this movie? My friends say it is a very good picture of what has recently, and is happening. janarwasito@alumni.stanford.edu

SmartGRID Energy + Brazil Security

Here in United States, I am working on a private equity project involving SmartGRID. My clients want to know whether Brazil has “world class security”? For example, can Brazilian police use video evidence? In the 2009-2012 English preparation for the Olympics, The British implemented more widespread video evidence use. Can Brazilian UPP cops in RioContinue reading “SmartGRID Energy + Brazil Security”

Is Brazil investment grade without world class security, infrastructure?

The PE folks at the Farm had a few specific questions: How did Rio+20 go as a possible warm up in security for the 2014 World Cup, and 2016 Olympics? We are hearing that there was not enough 3G capacity, that the networks were overloaded for the CEOs, Heads of State, etc. Has theContinue reading “Is Brazil investment grade without world class security, infrastructure?”

Is Brazil Investment Grade without world class security?

Hello BrazilGlobal! I was just up at Stanford. I have been asked to do some consulting for a private investor group in America that may want to co-invest with Brazilian Private Equity Funds on some Energy SmartGRID projects in Brazil. However the concern is security. Brazil is not investment grade without world classContinue reading “Is Brazil Investment Grade without world class security?”

G20 Meetings

Mr. Mantega directly criticized the American central bank’s Ben Bernanke in a reference to throwing dollars from a helicopter. The Economist notes that Mr. Mantega was one of many foreign bankers who make similar criticisms of quantitative easing. “Fears of foreign capital were only deepened by the Federal Reserve’s decision earlier this month to embarkContinue reading “G20 Meetings”