Category Archives: Brazil

Class Dismissed: Brazilian Police Abandon Protocol During Teachers’ Protests

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Brazilian anthropologist and documentary film maker Marcos Moura on renewed protests in Rio de Janeiro. Photos by Carlos Eduadro Vallinoti.

Posted in Brazil | Tagged Amarildo de Souza, black bloc protesters brazil, Brazil protests, brazil teachers protests, rio de janeiro protests | Leave a comment

Behind the Brazil-USA Beef

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Samuel George

Samuel George on the Brazil – US throw down

Posted in Brazil, Uncategorized | Tagged Brazil US fight, Brazil USA, Dilma NSA, dilma obama, dilma obama fight, Dilma state dinner | 4 Comments

The country of jabuticabas: Brazil’s path towards human development

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Brazilian economic analyst Carlos Góes on human and economic development in his country

Posted in Brazil, Uncategorized | Tagged Brazil Development, Brazil Doing Business, Brazil human development index, Brazil World Bank | 2 Comments

Brazil 2014: An Election Primer

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Brazilian Specialist Robert Corrigan on how protests in Brazil have shaken the 2014 presidential elections

Posted in Brazil, Uncategorized | Tagged Aécio Neves, Brazil 2014 elections, Dilma elections, Eduardo Campos, Marina Silva | Leave a comment

Football in Brazil

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

From the opiate of the masses to fuel for civic engagement By Ana Vimieiro

Posted in Brazil | Tagged Brazil Fifa, Brazil fifa protests, Brazil Jérôme Valcke, Brazil protests, Condor football, Eduardo Paes FIfa, fifa brazil, Soccer and Latin America | 3 Comments

The Other Side of the Eike Batista Case

Posted on August 8, 2013 by theoakahn

Theodore Kahn responds to articles from James Stranko and the Financial Times

Posted in Brazil, Uncategorized | Tagged Batista defense, Brazil, brazil economy, brazil magnates, eike, Eike Batista financial times | 6 Comments

Eike Batista: The Symptom or the Cause?

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

James Stranko, Advisor to the Clinton Global Initiative and author of Avenida America on the looming collapse of Brazil’s financial super model.

Posted in Brazil, Uncategorized | Tagged Brazil Batista, Brazil Corruption, Brazil protests, Eike Batista broke, Eike brankrupt, OGX, OGX default | 5 Comments

The End of an Era: Why the commodity super cycle is probably over…

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Cornelius Fleischhaker

Posted in Andean Region, Brazil, Southern Cone, Uncategorized | Tagged Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Commodity boom, Commodity prices in Latin America, Commodity super cycle, Latin American commodities, Peru, Venezuela | 5 Comments

After the ‘Golden Years,’ what next for Latin America?

Posted on July 25, 2013 by theoakahn

Latin American trade and investment analyst Theodore Kahn recently joined the No Se Mancha staff

Posted in Andean Region, Brazil, Mexico + Central America, Southern Cone, Uncategorized | Tagged Latin American golden years, Latin American growth, Latin American middle class, the Rise of Latin America’s Middle Class | 4 Comments

Of Dictators and Democrats

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

James Stranko, Advisor to the Clinton Global Initiative, takes issue with a modern interpretation of Latin America

Posted in Andean Region, Brazil, Southern Cone | Tagged Kurt Weyland, Latin America, liberal economics latin america, Pink Tide | 5 Comments