· September, 2007

Stories about Portuguese from September, 2007

Brazil: Google Bombing the Senate

The president of Brazil's Senate, Renan Calheiros, has been recently absolved over accusations of graft in a 40-to-35 secret ballot vote in the Senate House. The accusation against Calheiros was...

23 September 2007

Brazil: Light on the dark dictatorship days

Several South American countries were ruled by military dictatorships in the 20th century, such as Paraguay (1954-1989), Uruguay (1973-1985), Chile (1973-1990) and Argentina (1966-1973 and 1976-83), but unlike the others,...

9 September 2007

Brazil: Clarice Lispector on YouTube

The Spectacled Bear comes across a fantastic adaptation of Clarice Lispector’s Tentação (Temptation) on YouTube and leaves a piece of advice about the Brazilian/Ukrainian writer: “If you haven’t read any...

1 September 2007

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