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The US Real Estate Bubble has moved to Brazil Part 1
By Richard Conti
Yes, as many, many knowledgeable people have forecasted it has all but popped in many areas in the US. Some say the market is doing better but for the average ...
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Reflections on Brazil Part 2
By Bernard Morris
Arrival
Coming into Sao Paulo for the first time, we drove along the Marginal, one of the main thoroughfares that runs along one of the city's main ...
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Teaching English In Brazil Part 4
By Joe Lopes
Here is the fourth part of Joe‘s article about teaching English in Brazil. To read the previous parts click the relevant link at the end of the article....
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GPS in Brazil
By Mark Taylor
The title of this article refers to Global Positioning Systems, although that‘s a relatively general term but has been adopted for use with systems that are ...
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Ex-pat Lecture Series in São Paulo Part 2
Date: Tuesday, May 16
Time: 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (event followed by a meet-and-greet with drinks and snacks).
Venue: Alumni auditorium of the Centro Cultural, ...
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Brazil: PCC Attacks in São Paulo
By Mark Taylor
The tragic and shocking events over the weekend in São Paulo have demonstrated the grip that organised crime has on the city. The events have been recounted in international ...
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Imaginary Voyages to Brazil
By Stephen Thompson
If I had the money and time, I would go back to Brazil by yacht, lazily, drifting down the Iberian peninsula towards the coast of North Africa, feeling the ...
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Entertainment
Brazil: São Paulo Entertainment Guide
This week‘s entertainment guide for São Paulo features a bar/restaurant in Itaim, an exhibition by a Brazilian artist, this week‘s recommended film release, and a roundup of some ...
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Interview
Brazil Through Foreign Eyes
Meet David Harty, from Canada. He regularly travels to Brazil to visit friends and experience the culture. Read the following interview where he tells us about his most memorable experiences ...
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Around Brazil
Brazil: Where Nature Speaks
By Craig Parker
The wise man led us slowly up the dirt road to a trail, then up the trail to a shaded clearing. Here, he directed us to have a seat on the individual cut-log seats. ...
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Around Brazil
Brazil: Favela Tours
By Tom Thumb
The latest craze in the Rio de Janeiro tourist industry is to take adventurous backpackers and travellers with guides into the heart of the favelas. Generally this ...
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Around Brazil
Thoughts of Brazil and João Pessoa Part 2
By Richard Conti
To our surprise and joy, no potholes, beautiful roads and everything was very, very clean unlike our recent experience in Natal. We suddenly realized that we were ...
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Flying to Brazil
By Paulo Santos
Flying to Brazil (São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro) from North America or Europe usually takes around 12 hours. Whilst cheap flights to Brazil don‘t yet exist it ...
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Brazil: Self-Righteous Indignation Marks Bolivian Nationalization
by John Fitzpatrick
On April 21 Brazil announced, amid much fanfare, that it was self-sufficient in oil. As a good showman, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva used the opportunity ...
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Teaching English In Brazil Part 3
By Joe Lopes
Here is part 3 of Joe‘s article about teaching English in Brazil. To read parts 1 and 2 click the relevant link at the end of the article.
Sizing ...
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Reflections on Brazil Part 1
By Bernard Morris
Dawning
If one had asked me in the early 1990s what I knew of Brazil, my answer would have been brief: almost nothing. When I met Silvana, a Brazilian ...
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Brazil: Tips on Buying or Renting an Apartment or House
By Mark Taylor
In this article I‘m not going to go into the financial and legal side of buying or renting an apartment or house, as this has been covered in previous articles. ...
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Brazil: Probably the Best Country in the World to Live In
By Stephen Thompson
I‘ve been living in São Paulo for the last five years, and sometimes I get fed up with the traffic, pollution, crime, and the high cost of living;
relative ...
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Entertainment
Brazil: São Paulo Entertainment Guide
This week's entertainment guide for São Paulo features a Portuguese restaurant in Jardims, an exhibition of technology inspired art in Higienópolis, this week's recommended film release, ...
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