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...Festa Junina—they are probably making out. There is a curious love for English words and phrases: malls are called “shoppings” and American music dominates pop radio. Asking for directions can result in a 30-minute conversation. Working for the newspaper Folha de São Paulo, I have learned that everyone wants to talk to a reporter. The subject of the conversation, however, can vary. I received a guided tour of the University of São Paulo’s equivalent of University Hall—invaded by students and barred...
...Unger has attacked Lula’s government for its recurring corruption scandals. He has gone so far as to describe the administration as “the most corrupt in Brazilian history,” calling for the president’s impeachment in a 2005 editorial in Folha de S. Paulo, a Portuguese-language daily often regarded as Brazil’s newspaper-of-record...
After taking the position with Lula’s government, Unger retracted these criticisms, writing again in Folha de S. Paulo, “I was wrong. The facts demonstrated that the president had no direct or indirect involvement in those episodes...
...fellows, other than Sarwar and Schiller, are Claudia Antunes, deputy Rio de Janeiro bureau chief of Folha de S. Paulo; Zippi N. Brand, a freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker in Tel-Aviv, Israel; Kim Cloete, a specialist journalist for the South African Broadcasting Corporation; Taghreed El-Khodary, a freelance print and television journalist in Gaza City, Palestine; Yaping Jiang, executive vice president of the People’s Daily Online in Beijing, China; Mary Ann Jolley, a producer/reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney; Guillermo E. Franco Morales, content manager of new media and editor of eltiempo.com in Bogota...
Even before the Argentine agreements were announced, many Brazilians were criticizing Petrobrás. In São Paulo, the authoritative daily Folha da Manhã ran a public-opinion poll, found that only 11% were in favor of Petrobrás as now run. More than 14% voted for strictly private enterprise, and more than 55% favored joint development by Petrobrás and private foreign and Brazilian companies...