Author Archives: Rachel Glickhouse

Interpol, the US, and Brazil

By Rachel Glickhouse | Published: March 25, 2010
Brazil and the United States have had a troubled relationship in the past year, between a bitter trade feud, a high profile child abduction case, and currently, disagreements on Iran. But the latest international debacle between the two countries involves a powerful Brazilian politician and a New York lawyer. It began in 2007, when the Manhattan [...]
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Brazil’s Tax and Debt Burden

By Rachel Glickhouse | Published: March 17, 2010
Brazil is in bloom, economically speaking, and the international media has stirred up a frenzy of excitement about the robust and ever-expanding Brazilian economy. But as I’ve written several times before, this trend of stability and wealth mixed with blind optimism is not necessarily sustainable in the long run, and if [...]
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Brazilian Oil PR Bonanza

By Rachel Glickhouse | Published: September 3, 2009
Though there are a variety big issues in Brazil right now, mostly involving the Sarney corruption scandal and the Senate’s Internet censorship during the upcoming elections, there is another issue, one of President Lula’s pet projects and evidently one of the federal government’s top priorities: oil. Petrobras, the state-run petroleum company, has long been a leader [...]
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Election Watch in Brazil: Female Candidates at the Fore

By Rachel Glickhouse | Published: August 18, 2009
The presidential elections are a little over a year away in Brazil, and the campaigns are beginning to heat up. This week, Epoca Magazine announced that the former Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, is running for president, making the race all the more interesting. Considering Brazil’s role as one of the new economic world [...]
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Affirmative Action in Colombia and Brazil: Shared Lessons

By Rachel Glickhouse | Published: August 6, 2009
Brazil and Colombia have a lot in common and a lot to learn from one another; though they don’t share the same language or colonizers, they do share a similar history and contemporary situation. Brazil is the largest country in Latin America, with 8,514,877 square kilometers and the largest population in South America, with nearly 199 [...]
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Twitter in Brazil

By Rachel Glickhouse | Published: July 13, 2009
While Twitter has revolutionized communication in the US and around the world, it has had an especially large impact on Brazil. Embraced by pop stars and politicians alike, Twitter has taken Brazil by storm and has become one of the site’s fastest growing markets. More importantly, the site has changed the way Brazilians participate in [...]
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