Word: brazile
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...convicted on corruption charges, sentenced to 10 years in prison, and fined R$ 12 million ($5 million). Mr. Dantas’ fate remains unclear as he may still file multiple appeals that could take years to be evaluated. Nevertheless, his conviction reflects an accomplishment of the Lula administration in Brazil: the freedom of the Polícia Federal, responsible for gathering the evidence in the case. The PF has been allowed to aggressively pursue corruption investigations since 2003 and numerous prosecutions show that Brazil’s institutional modernization process remains strong, despite the chaos in the global economy...
...Since Goldman Sachs’s Jim O’Neil started promoting his dream of the BRICs—developing markets in Brazil, Russia, India and China—in 2001, Brazil has often been considered the ugly duckling of the group. Next to a former superpower and two ancient civilizations boasting over one billion citizens, the South American giant may have seemed Lilliputian. But the global economic crisis has made a huge difference. Brazil’s admirable resistance to the current turmoil vindicates its placement. It also strengthens the judgment that the B-side of the BRIC...
...Brazil Rain-Forest Rescue Plan...
After the news that Amazon deforestation rose 3.8% in the past year--the first increase since 2004--Brazil will present plans for halving the yearly destruction at the U.N. climate summit in Poznan, Poland, which began Dec. 1. Forest-razing for agriculture accelerated this year with soaring beef and soy prices...
Anika B. Grubbs ’09 said she saw this same problem during her internship in Brazil, where she witnessed conflicts centering on indigenous rights and police brutality...