I am in Sao Paulo for vacation. I will be here for two weeks, until the 8th of April. It would be a pleasure to meet some followers of our blog here in Sao Paulo. Let’s have lunch together ? I am organizing a meeting with the British blogger Robert Dwek, who writes for DigitalContinue reading “Meeting the blogger in Sao Paulo”
Category Archives: Culture
Harvard president to visit Brazil in March
Drew Gilpin Faust, the first woman to serve as Harvard’s president, will meet members of Harvard’s community in São Paulo on March 23 and in Rio de Janeiro on March 25. Questions? Please contact internationalhaa@harvard.edu or Samuel Elia AB ’04 at selia@harvardclub.com.br
Brazil’s presidential election Second round, second thoughts?
The Economist’s endorsement of (eventual loser) Mr. Serra in the Presidential election highlights some issues worth watching in the new Rousseff administration. “Mr Serra also has faults, notably a worrying tendency to try to micromanage everything. But his record suggests that he would move faster to cut wasteful spending and eliminate the fiscal deficit, andContinue reading “Brazil’s presidential election Second round, second thoughts?”
THE book about Brazilian history
A Parisian friend asked me to suggest him a book about Brazilian history. He got a very quick answer: “1808 – How a mad queen, a fearful prince, and a corrupt court deceived Napoleon and changed the history of Portugal and Brazil forever.” 1808 is one of those books that once you started you haveContinue reading “THE book about Brazilian history”
The Economist on Vale
The Economist has a nice piece on Vale, which emphasizes the economic relationship with China, and the internal political pressures to give ship building contracts to Brazilian firms. IT IS perhaps the biggest firm you have never heard of. The Boston Consulting Group says it has created more value than any other large firm inContinue reading “The Economist on Vale”
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