You're on your own among France's elite May 12, 2008
For my history year I was very happy with my areas of study: ancient Rome, births, weddings and deaths during the Middle-Age's golden age, the modern history of Brazil and the history of telecommunications from the telegraph to the internet. Each of my school years cost 1700, and a full year of enjoyable study at the Sorbonne cost just 320, including insurance fees. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil Apr 18, 2008
Boris Fausto, A Concise History of Brazil Cambridge University Press, 1999. Neill Macauley, Dom Pedro: The Struggle for Liberty in Brazil and Portugal Duke University Press, 1986. (Suite101.com)
* Business Briefs Feb 24, 2008
"It's the first time in the history of Brazil that we are not debtors," Finance Minister Guido Mantega said. Brazil's new status as a creditor could improve its debt rating to investment grade, which would lower Brazil's borrowing costs for future loans, Mantega said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Booming Brazil: An 11x Return Dancing The Samba Dec 5, 2007
"Never in the economic history of Brazil have we had the solid fundamentals we have now," boasted President Lula da Silva in a recent interview. Comparing Brazil's economy with the one when Lula took over in 2002 "is like looking at two different economies," says Vinod Thomas, former head of the World Bank in Brazil. (Human Events Online)
It'll take a major miracle to pull it off Oct 31, 2007
" It was clear in March 2003 that Brazil would be hosting the 2014 World Cup when FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced that 2014 would be South America's turn. Within 10 days, the South American federation unanimously declared that Brazil was its only candidate; Colombia later briefly fell out of line and thought about a bid, but without the slightest possibility of success. More than four-and-a-half years have gone by -- and have been almost entirely wasted. Incredibly, we don't even know... (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. Releases Its 1Q07 Results May 10, 2007
In parallel, the other businesses of Ultrapar have continued to grow in 1Q07, with consolidated EBITDA of R$ 115 million, 8% up on 1Q06, -- ANNOUNCING OF THE ACQUISITION OF THE IPIRANGA GROUP TOGETHER WITH PETROBRAS AND BRASKEM -- EBITDA AT ULTRAGAZ AMOUNTED TO R$ 60 MILLION IN 1Q07, UP 9% COMPARED TO 1Q06 -- EBITDA AT OXITENO TOTALLED R$ 42 MILLION, UP 4% COMPARED TO 1Q06 -- EBITDA AT ULTRACARGO AMOUNTED TO R$ 11 MILLION, 19% HIGHER THAN IN 1Q06 -- ANNOUNCING OF THE ACQUISITIONS OF UNION... (PR Newswire)
Hornsby Describes Atlanta Daily World Travel Club Tour Of Brazil Mar 12, 2007
The folk opera, which told the story of the history of Brazil from the time it was inhabited by Native Americans to the coming of the Portuguese and other Europeans to the enslavement and eventual freedom of Africans, was performed in song, dance, gymnastics and calesthenics. Beautiful Afro-Brazilian women and handsome Afro-Brazilian men constituted the cast. (Atlanta Daily World, GA)
