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Category Archives: Brazil
Which Place Is More Sexist: The Middle East Or Latin America?
Lourdes Garcia-Navarro writes for NPR: A semi-naked woman in a sequined Carnival costume. A veiled woman with only her eyes showing in a niqab. Two stereotypes of two vastly different regions — Latin America and the Middle East. On the … Continue reading
Brazilian Ethics
This type of behavior is why Brazil is such a basketcase. New York Times: Winning ugly is different from winning illegally. The first you can get away with, while the second should not be allowed at all. England’s Football Association … Continue reading
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NYT: As a Boom Fades, Brazilians Wonder How It All Went Wrong
New York Times: “Highlighting the strain, Standard & Poor’s downgraded Brazil’s credit rating to junk status on Wednesday, igniting a broad sell-off of Brazilian financial assets on Thursday. The blow is expected to increase Brazil’s borrowing costs while focusing even … Continue reading
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LAT: In Brazil, homicide rate still high despite increased prosperity
I just don’t understand why Brazil would have a high homicide rate. Surely its genetic make-up is law abiding elsewhere in the world. It must be the fault of those Brazilians of Japanese origin. From the Los Angeles Times: More … Continue reading
Prolific Black Brazilian Serial Killer Targeted White Women
Clearly a man who gets group loyalty. “Not the black race,” he told Globo G1, a Brazilian television station. “Because it is family.”