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A Shock In The Presidential Elections

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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 […]

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Land of Opportunity and Economic Responsibility

30 January, 2014by Anton Steeman

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Dilma Rousseff sold Brazil as the land of opportunity and economic responsibility. She continued to say that Brazil’s success is associated with […]

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The New Marine Terminal of Belém

8 June, 2012by Anton Steeman

The authorities of the Federal State of Pará, as well as of the local authorities of its capital Belém, have recently announced their intention to implement some large scale infrastructure […]

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The Other Side of the Coin – The Voices of the Slums

25 January, 2012by Anton Steeman 1 Comment

Local races, colours, flavours and welcoming people. Belém is said to be more than simply “The Gateway to the Amazon”. Just a stroll through the historic centre (see my previous […]

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Madam President

10 January, 2011by Anton Steeman

Many international news outlets wrote about the power change in Brazil at the first day of the new year. I thought it unnecessary to repeat what others wrote. But there […]

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A double-digit economic grow is no guarantee for a prominent position in the world

6 September, 2009by Anton Steeman

There were 93 million Brazilians, the industry still crawled and inflation edged at 20%. This was the 1969 profile of Brazil. Four decades later, Brazilians have experienced the effects of […]

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The Folly of an Economy Going Against the Environment

11 June, 2009by Anton Steeman

From economists it is expected that they are in favour of production at any cost and against environmentalists. But it has to be the opposite. The Brazilian economy will suffer […]

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World Social Forum – The final balance

2 February, 2009by Anton Steeman

The previous articles described the run-up to, the opening and the proceeding of the forum. Now the final balance. The final balance of the World Social Forum (WSF) in Belém […]

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An irreversible trend – It’s the economy, stupid!

2 September, 2008by Anton Steeman

In Brazil energy products derived from sugar cane were responsible for 16% of the total energy supply in 2007, holding the second position in the total of consumed energy, surpassing […]

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