Word: brazilians
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Corrupt politicians are as much a part of Brazilian life as exquisitely skilled soccer stars, carnival queens and scantily clad beach babes. One post-war politician in Sao Paulo state won three terms as mayor and governor with the dubious endorsement that "he steals, but he gets things done." Former president Fernando Collor de Mello was impeached in 1992 over a corruption scandal, and in 2001 it was revealed that fraudsters had bled an astonishing $2 billion from two government agencies established to help the country's poor...
...Those campaigns appear to be making headway. In an Ibope poll taken earlier this month, 9% of respondents planned to annul their vote for president, making it the third most popular option behind incumbent President Lula and his main rival, Geraldo Alckmin of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB). In races for state governor the annulment option was even more popular, with 13% in Sao Paulo and 17% in Rio de Janeiro saying they would vote for none of the declared candidates. And although there are few polls available for parliamentary elections, voters and analysts expect the percentage of annulments...
...into my face, you suburban asshole.” Commuting with someone, especially if you don’t know them, is a shared, yet completely isolated experience, unparalleled outside of the confines of a bus or train. Everyday, I sit across the aisle from a man with a Brazilian flag sewed onto his backpack. Over the weekend, I was at a music festival with 36,000 people when we walked right past each other. We didn’t exchange a word, but a creepy sense of recognition was definitely there.But besides reading time and a freakish connection with...
...ball is put in play. In response, players such as Portugal's young sensation Cristiano Ronaldo have learned to dive and writhe on the ground the instant an opponent is within spitting range. Throw in trash talk, some of it outright racist in a Europe where African and Brazilian players flourish, and you can see why a player like Zidane might erupt...
Would this Administration be willing to pursue either of these moves? At this stage it doesn't seem likely. The first measure would provoke howls from many Cuban exiles in Florida, while the second would irk U.S. business interests that would face competition from Brazilian imports. But if Richard Nixon could go to China, perhaps George W. Bush could discover Brazil--and stop making a failed Caribbean dictator an important element of U.S. policy. It could be that an embattled, second-term U.S. President looking for a legacy other than a botched attempt at installing democracy in faraway lands could...