Elections 2014: Today Brazilians Decide On Their Future
Today, Sunday 26 Oct. 2014, Brazil is going to the polls for the final and conclusive round in the presidential elections. After an election campaign of 111 days, marked by […]
Author Archives: Anton Steeman
Elections 2014 – The ‘Rationally Ignorant’ Voter
Today, Sunday Oct. 5, some 142.5 million Brazilian voters will go to the polls to elect the next president of the Republic, as well as governors, senators, congressmen and state […]
A Shock In The Presidential Elections
The presidential election campaign, which is running its course at this moment between Dilma Rousseff (actual President of Brazil), the centre-right candidate Aécio Neves (PSDB) and Eduardo Campos from the […]
World Cup 2014 – The Match Nobody Wanted
The Brazilian football fan was afraid for another, maybe not a massacre, but at least a loss against Holland. And the Dutch they didn’t give a damn. The 3rd place […]
World Cup 2014 – Brazil’s Nervous Breakdown
The Nerves, Ohh the Nerves It’s clear that the Brazilian football fan is very, very nervous. He isn’t satisfied with and impressed by the performance of the national team in […]
World Cup 2014 – The Football Fan
With the first third of the World Cup 2014 behind us, it’s time to review the World Cup in Brazil. Not in terms of football (I’m not interested in football), […]
World Cup 2014 – Welcome To Brazil
What ever happened the last weeks, months and years, the World Cup 2014 will start in Brazil today. Whether the stadiums are ready, the urban projects cancelled, the (foreign) football […]
World Cup 2014 – The Giant Wakes Up
In July 2010, former President Lula said during the World Cup in South Africa, that it was “inappropriate for someone to worry about anything in regard to the 2014 World […]
World Cup 2014 – What Could Be Stolen, Is Stolen
Brazil lives crazy moments at the eve of the World Cup. Just 14 days to go before the kick-off and all sorts of happenings are colouring the TV-screens and daily […]
Packaging for the World Cup Craze
Enthusiasm of the Brazilian football fan or not, with a few weeks to go before the World Cup 2014 kicks-off in São Paulo, the Brazilian business world is heavily promoting […]
Brazil In Hot Pants 