Opinion, by Pia Granjon Lecerf RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Olà! Did you go and look at the fabulous outdoor exhibition of Yann Arthus-Bertrand, French photographer, reporter and true ecologist? The photos are pieces of art and as he says himself, “Earth is the most beautiful artist.” How strongly do I agree with that! Some [...]
Opinion, by DJ Spooky RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – “One supreme fact I have discovered: it is not willpower, but fantasy-imagination that creates… imagination creates reality.” – Richard Wagner Geography is crucial for my work. My most recent book is about Antarctica. I took a studio there and went to several of the main ice [...]
Opinion, by Aklilu Shiketa RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Foreign Minister of Brazil, Mr. Antonio Patriota, recently disclosed that Brazil today has more embassies in Africa than the United Kingdom. Only between 2003 and 2010, Brazil opened seventeen new embassies in Africa. President Dilma Rousseff visited three African countries already. She has established Africa Working [...]
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A few generations ago, the rallying cry for granting Petrobrás a monopoly in Brazilian oil production was “O Petróleo é Nosso!” Last week the U.S. and Brazil signed Letters of Intent designed to do much the same for the sale and marketing of each country’s typical [...]
Opinion, by Pia Granjon Lecerf RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Here I am with my brother in law, on a beautiful sunny Carioca day, in Santa Catarina, near downtown Rio, with a couple who lives there and to whom I was asking my way. We chat a bit while I help them carry their daily [...]
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – It’s been a good week for outrage, in Brazil and abroad. A Brazilian higher court held that two defendants could not be convicted of the rape of two 12-year old girls who were prostitutes. Outrageous! On Maundy Thursday, the Pope issued a roundhouse condemnation of women [...]
Opinion, by Pia RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Here are the results of a study of ECA International (management and assignment of Employees around the world) conducted in 2006 in over 270 companies: • 72 percent of the companies which answered the study said they had offered more long-term missions abroad during the last three [...]
Opinion, by Pia Granjon Lecerf RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – We live near people who reached the first rank on the index for future happiness! And it is the fourth time that Brazilian people dominate this ranking. So it has nothing to do with chance. It is constant! The etymology of the word comes from [...]
Opinion, by Michael Kalavritinos RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In the CNN debate prior to the Florida primary, the Republican front-runner called for a hemispheric focus on free trade by calling for the implementation of the Panama and Colombia Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). There is a realization that the U.S. needs to become more active [...]
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon understands nothing at all about ecology or the environment, after all he’s a lawyer by trade, and lawyers are taught not to look at the real world too closely, it could be harmful to their health. What the Curmudgeon does understand is politics. Rio [...]
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