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Brazil’s Election

The Economist’s coverage of the Rouseff-Serra election indicates some of the electoral fault lines within this major BRIC country. “That voters who turned away from Ms Rousseff chose Ms Silva is bad news for Mr Serra’s centrist Party of Brazilian Social Democracy (PSDB). He failed to attract either young voters with no memories of theContinue reading “Brazil’s Election”

Brazil Summit in NYC

Last Monday (April 18th), the New York Harvard Club organized a Brazil Summit in a hotel in Midtown NYC. I was representing ESCP Europe at the United Nations so I couldn’t join it. However, a Forbes journalist made a descriptive article about Mantega’s speech. Guido Mantega is Brazil’s sharp-tongued Finance minister and author of the phrase “currency war”: “TheContinue reading “Brazil Summit in NYC”

The Washington Post says “JBS dominates world beef industry from farm to fork”

Quite interesting to see a prestigious newspaper such as the Washington Post to dedicate an extensive article to Brazilian company JBS. It starts like this.. ” The founder, who began by slaughtering one or two head a day in 1953, raises calves far in the countryside. Six of his children are in JBS’s management. And ranchersContinue reading “The Washington Post says “JBS dominates world beef industry from farm to fork””

Thank you Janar

I’d like to thank my fellow blogger Janar Wasito for his contribution to Brazil Global. When I first started this blog, I was writing my thesis about the internationalization of Vale, the mining company and wanted to ruminate about everything related to Brazil in the global environment. Janar accepted my invitation to share his foreigner view.Continue reading “Thank you Janar”

Final Post

Today, there was a suggestion that I not post on this blog, a suggestion that I will follow. In my previous post, I was talking about this comment (April 16): “Ahh yes, the “famous” The Economist. I Wonder when “westerners” will understand that they are a bunch of clowns who enjoy and believe their ownContinue reading “Final Post”