Letter to the Editor, by Vikas Shah Even the most untrained eye can see the astonishing transformation of the Brazilian economic, political and social landscape. This is a country which, in the lifetime of most of its residents, has exited a depression, fought cycles of boom and bust, survived a military dictatorship and grew from [...]
Letter to the Editor Getting to where torturers practice their profession The list of agreements and international measures against torture is long, but this abhorrent practice is still a fact of life for thousands of people in all the countries of our region and the world. In 1948, the international community condemned torture and other [...]
Letter to the Editor Overseas Vote Foundation (OVF) has launched a first-of-its-kind research project to establish a reliable count of Americans living outside the U.S. The “Overseas Citizens Count Project” (OCC) provides a formalized methodology for counting Americans living abroad while guaranteeing their anonymity, as with the U.S. Census itself. Essential to the project is [...]
“Even though the mountain becomes the sea, words cannot open another’s mind.” (Zen Wisdom) If one were to ask an average Rio de Janeiro citizen of his opinion concerning the quality of local mass media, I wonder what kind of reply one would get. May I venture a guess? Arguably, the answer would be either [...]
Hello, My name is Ari Espinoza, and I work for HiRISE, a high resolution camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) orbiting Mars. Thanks to the help of Prof. Thiago Statella, of Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Mato Grosso, the world of Mars is now offered in Portuguese. This is the first [...]
Letter to the Editor Perhaps of interest is that Captain Kenneth Lindsay Molyneaux’s father and mother William Molyneaux and Eileen Molyneaux [both English], who were also my Grandparents, lived in Brazil for much of their lives. I have attached an obituary notice from English newspaper for my grandfather William Molyneaux which also mentions Captain Kenneth [...]
Dear Readers, March 21st was World Poetry Day and we tasked our Upper School students at International School of Macaé with writing their own poems. These four were our best entries. We hope to hear which are your favorites. I Love You To Pieces I love the way your hair falls, I love the way [...]
Friends, I am curious what happened to the “banheiros químicos—os fraldões” during carnaval. I thought they were great last year. Can someone research this? The prefeitura should buy another thousand of them! thanks, Keith Hewitt
Letter to the Editor I have dual citizenship Brazil/USA. I understand that Brazil and the USA don’t have a Tax Treaty. It seems to me that in terms of taxation Americans Living in Brazil may have a difficult time especially with the new requirements from the Treasury Department. I have volunteered to be the contact [...]
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