A mostly pointless post in which I quickly and subjectively compare the two countries, and share some (slightly) juicy, but meaningless, gossip about glamorous Argentine President Cristina Kirchner. I just got back from Buenos Aires, and it has occurred to me to do a very quick post on the (very significant) differences between the two(…)
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Corinthians vs. Boca for the South American championship
By Dom Phillips Anyone with a feel for Brazilian soccer should tune into Wednesday night’s final: Argentina’s Boca Juniors against São Paulo’s Corinthians. This heavyweight title fight is the first leg in a two-game final to decide the Libertadores South America-wide club competition – the continent’s equivalent of Europe’s Champions League. All eyes in Brazil(…)
The death of Brazilian industry – three theories
President Dilma’s meeting with Barack Obama today may have been largely symbolic, perhaps even a wasted opportunity. But she did manage to lodge Brazil’s major complaint with the US at the moment: that Washington has been devaluing the dollar, making Brazilian products too expensive to export. Of course on an economic level, this will get(…)
Brazil lashes out at US, Europe. They quickly apologize
In the past few days the Brazilian government has harshly criticized both the United States and the European Union, for two entirely different reasons. And in both cases, the governments have accepted the attacks quite diplomatically, even suggesting they may not disagree. Dilma’s government is willing to stand up to the big powers, it seems,(…)
