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  • atirando em protestos em São paulo

    Brazil in the Afterglow of its Awakening

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      Twenty cents, that’s what we’re talking about. The massive mobilization of the Brazilian population in June was sparked off by the fight to get rid of the 20 cent hike in public transport fares. Students were the first to call for the marches, which this time had a new […]

  • What do we mean by growth?

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      The old dilemma about growth vs. sustainability depends on what we mean when we use a word like “growth”. In the current model of development we must admit that, yes, there is an intrinsic contradiction between developing a country or an economy and making sure that the environment and […]

  • Itaipu Dam. Photo by Angeloleithold on WkimediaCommons. CC BY-SA 3.0

    Brazil and the limits of the possible

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    Meet Marina Silva. A former senator and minister of the environment for the ruling party, PT (the Brazilian Workers Party), in 2009 she left to joing the PV, Brazil’s small green party. Next year she finished third in the presidential race, with almost 20 million votes – an astonishing feat […]

  • The discrepant routine of a farmer from North Yorkshire, Great Britain and one from Farmer in Kabaune Village, Kenya

    Austerity in Europe is a joke for the rest of the world

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      With all due respect to Mr. Hollande, not only is the crisis not yet over, but, as Mr. Piñera said, the best is yet to come. Latin American, which has long been considered a financial disaster zone, has turned round and given this traditional perception the lie. The unprecedented stability and prosperity […]