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When Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took over as Brazil's president four years ago, millions of citizens celebrated by splashing around in fountains, dancing on rooftops and waving red flags in the streets. They passionately believed the unlettered former shoeshine boy would make Brazil a safer, fairer and happier place, and he promised them one thing. Minutes after donning the presidential sash, he vowed: "If at the end of my mandate every Brazilian has the opportunity to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, I will have accomplished my life's mission...
...York City's premier repertory house, is providing a lavish reminder that the six did have productive careers beyond their 20s by presenting Pythonalot, a two-week retrospective of the canon films, plus Cleese's A Fish Called Wanda and Gilliam's always-worth-reseeing Jabberwocky, Time Bandits and Brazil. True to the absurdist spirit of Python, a disclaimer on the Film Forum webpage reads: "SPAM? IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF HORMEL FOODS CORP. PYTHON AND ALOT ADAPTED FROM MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT LOGO. USED WITH PERMISSION...
...Paulo known as Campo Limpo (beautiful field). His van is plastered with election posters. Three girls brave the miasma of cooking oil and rotting waste to hand him leaflets for a rival. They've been paid to campaign - voting is compulsory [an error occurred while processing this directive] in Brazil so even slums are targeted when polling day approaches. Baiano has taken no money for his electioneering, and explains "this man isn't the best candidate, but I owe him a favor." It's dangerous to default in Brazil's largest city - and in its prisons. Drauzio Varella, a jail...
...Security Council, where Chávez could run interference for his friend, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in the dispute over Iran's nuclear ambitions. The U.S. is backing Guatemala for the seat, but Chávez has lined up the support of such influential nations as Russia, China and Brazil. And if Venezuela does win it, it would be the latest reminder that while 20th century rebels like Castro could do little more than rail at Washington, the U.S. today faces post--cold war radicals like Chávez and Ahmadinejad who have the will, savvy and resources to constrain American power...
...Chavez is hoping to make that voice even louder next month when the U.N. votes on which Latin American nation will take over that region's rotating seat in the Security Council. Chavez has lined up substantial support in the hemisphere and around the world, including such nations as Brazil, Russia and China. But the U.S., which charges that Chavez is a would-be dictator in the mold of Fidel Castro - and also fears that Venezuela might thwart the Bush Administration's efforts to rein in Iran's uranium enrichment program - is battling hard to get Guatemala elected...