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They have nicknames like cartoon characters. But Marcola, Starfruit and Macarroni - the men Brazilian authorities believe ordered the most shocking weekend of violence in Sao Paulo's history - are no laughing matter. They're the mafiosi who run the First Command of the Capital (PCC), Sao Paulo's predominant organized crime faction. And now they've proved they are shrewd, ruthless and powerful enough to bring a place like Sao Paulo, Brazil's most important state and South America's largest city, to its knees with just a phone call from their jail cells. Just as important, the five...
...major presence on Harvard’s campus—it now has programs that promote teaching and research on Latin America that reach every part of the University.” A regional office in Santiago, Chile, a scheduled summer opening of an office in São Paulo, Brazil, and plans for a third office in Mexico mark other significant developments. “These outposts, these regional or national offices abroad help us to do a much better job helping both faculty and students get to know the region better,” said Coatsworth...
What do you do to relax? Every night before I go to sleep, I read a novel for at least an hour. This is how I try to forget the aggressive work of the day. Right now I am reading The Zahir by Paulo Coelho. I like the way Coelho looks at world issues...
...Lula doesn't need that much charisma to stand out against his main opponent, the former Sao Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin, a dull technocrat jokingly said to have all the appeal of the chuchu, a tasteless vegetable. If Alckmin loses it will probably be more because of who he is than for what he might do. And it will probably be in spite of what Lula's party has done...
Maxwell said he will work closely with the director of the São Paulo office on collaborative programs to “make sure we match the ‘Harvard in Brazil’ initiatives with ‘Brazil at Harvard’ initiatives...