Trade Wars?
By Paulo Kubis Among economists around the world it is frequently discussed that a trade war may be in sight. The truth is that the United States (US) dollar has lost value for a while, mainly due to pressures More...
A Jazzy Christmas
By Roberto Muggiati I continue to chant that jazz goes with everything. To me, there is no greater pleasure, when Christmas arrives, than to listen to the season’s songs interpreted by jazz musicians or vocalists. More...
Curitiba’s Theaters: From the Quarries to the Powder Magazine
By Sylvia Oliveira Photos Raul Mattar Curitiba has had a great artistic tradition for some time. Though it lies off the Rio-São Paulo corridor, Curitiba has managed to hold its own in the Brazilian entertainment More...
The 13th Month’s Paycheck
By Carlos Eduardo de Athayde Guimarães In Brazil, the Christmas bonus, popularly known as the 13th Paycheck, was established by Law 4090 on 7/13/1962, and ratified by Decree 57,155 on 03/11/1965 with subsequent More...
Christmas Time is Here Again
By Vanessa Bachofer, Carolina Franco, and Maryori Vivas No other season of the year brings more people together. During Christmas, one could say almost everybody is thinking about the end of the year, family meetings, More...
Fast-Food Must be Delivered in Sealed Containers
As of November 22, a new Municipal Law is in place that makes the use of inviolable seals on the containers of fast food for delivery to customers’ homes obligatory. The measure is aimed at avoiding possible More...
Three Years of Digital TV in Brazil
On December 2, 2007, there occurred the first transmission in High Definition TV in São Paulo after a lot of controversy around which technology Brazil would adopt among the European, American and Japanese systems. More...
Scholarships in the Netherlands
The Dutch Government has opened registration for scholarships for Master’s Degrees or the final phase of Graduate studies in the Netherlands. The programme applies to all areas of study and offers more More...
An Endless World of Information
By Raul Hiromu Sumiya Several years ago, when I had my first contact with the Internet, I couldn’t imagine how indispensable it would become in my life. For example, the main source of information for the More...
Minister Orlando Silva Criticizes Infraero
The Ministers for Sport, Orlando Silva Junior, and Tourism, Luiz Barretto, expressed their concern for the Brazilian airport situation on November22 in Rio de Janeiro, where they participated in the opening ceremony More...
