http://dir.salon.com/topics/brazil/?source=rss&aim=brazil en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT By Camille Paglia Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2009/03/11/mercury/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2009/03/11/mercury/index.html?source=rss President Obama's clumsy, smirky staff is sinking him -- and resurrecting a deflated GOP! Plus: Lay off Rush! And a Brazilian diva, up close and electric By Jens Glüsing Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/17/rainforest_recovery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/17/rainforest_recovery/index.html?source=rss Vegetation is reclaiming agricultural land and might save us from consequences of deforestation By Andrew Leonard Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/27/brazil_and_linux/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/08/27/brazil_and_linux/index.html?source=rss The government subsidizes free software. But does anyone use it? By Megan Doll Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/06/03/city_of_men/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/06/03/city_of_men/index.html?source=rss Brazilian TV series "City of Men" explores the hardships of growing up among guns and gangsters in Rio's slums. By Lynn Harris Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/12/brazil_jail/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/12/brazil_jail/index.html?source=rss Now on trial: Brazil's criminal justice system By Andrew Leonard Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/29/soap_opera_social_engineering/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/29/soap_opera_social_engineering/index.html?source=rss In Brazil, the data suggests that prime-time programming contributed to a national decline in fertility rates. By Andrew Leonard Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/20/beating_up_big_pharma/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/05/20/beating_up_big_pharma/index.html?source=rss After getting kicked around by the likes of Thailand and Brazil, the pharmaceutical industry suddenly realizes, hey, maybe there's money to be made by lowering prices. By Andrew Leonard Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/01/14/brazil_s_orkut_rule/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/01/14/brazil_s_orkut_rule/index.html?source=rss Whenever possible, use digital media to subvert the cultural canon and defy hierarchy By Andrew Leonard Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/19/brazilian_orkut_virus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/19/brazilian_orkut_virus/index.html?source=rss Like zombies in search of fresh brains, social networks will rise from the grave when you least expect them. Especially if Brazilian hackers are involved By Andrew Leonard Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/27/lula_biofuels/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/27/lula_biofuels/index.html?source=rss Brazil's president, Lula, appears on Charlie Rose, and suggests rich countries should treat biofuel imports as "reparations" By Andrew Leonard Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/10/ethanol_labor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/10/ethanol_labor/index.html?source=rss Are the machete-wielding workers who slave in Brazil's sugar cane fields a liability for multinational agribusinesses? By Andrew Leonard Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/04/baked_goodness/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/09/04/baked_goodness/index.html?source=rss Global inventories of the grain are plunging and prices are surging. Is the biofuel boogeyman to blame? By Andrew Leonard Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/23/food_vs_fools/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/23/food_vs_fools/index.html?source=rss The price of corn is on the rise, the price of sugar is in decline. So which one makes more sense as a biofuel feedstock? By Frances Kissling Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/21/excommunication/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/21/excommunication/index.html?source=rss Catholic officials keep threatening to excommunicate pro-choice politicians and activists like me. I think they're bluffing, and canon law is on my side. By Andrew Leonard Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/17/iowa_amazon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/17/iowa_amazon/index.html?source=rss Which is the bigger threat to Brazil's rain forest: Locally grown sugar cane, or American corn? By Andrew Leonard Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/11/fruit_juice_follies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/11/fruit_juice_follies/index.html?source=rss Who's the culprit in Japan's fruit juice price hikes? Florida weather or Brazilian sugar cane? Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/02/brazilian_gold/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/02/brazilian_gold/index.html?source=rss First there was a sugar rush. Then a gold rush. Both left unsightly scars on the history of Brazil. What will the ethanol rush bequeath? By Andrew Leonard Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/04/18/great_game/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/04/18/great_game/index.html?source=rss If the foreign investment in the Brazilian ethanol industry constitutes a new "Great Game," who might end up the loser? A lesson from Afghanistan. By Andrew Leonard Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/03/07/bush_brazil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/03/07/bush_brazil/index.html?source=rss Talking that "free trade" talk, the president heads to Brazil to pump up ethanol. Why would anyone doubt his sincerity? By Lydia Chávez Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/08/ortega/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/08/ortega/index.html?source=rss Former Sandinista revolutionary Ortega is back on top in Nicaragua. Will his alliance with Venezuela -- complete with subsidized oil -- be a model for the rest of Central America? By Andrew Leonard Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/02/06/biofuel_trade/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/02/06/biofuel_trade/index.html?source=rss Easy. Just get everyone in the world to play by an entirely new set of rules. By Anderson Tepper Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2007/01/30/brazil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/literary_guide/2007/01/30/brazil/index.html?source=rss After Carnival, soccer and samba, go deeper into this South American nation via its seductive novels and gritty true-life stories. By Cary Tennis Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/12/21/brazilian_girl/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/12/21/brazilian_girl/index.html?source=rss I'd been hurt before -- but then it happened: An amazing married Italian! By Patrick Smith Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2006/12/15/askthepilot213/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2006/12/15/askthepilot213/index.html?source=rss Two U.S. pilots involved in a collision over the Amazon jungle were held in Brazil for more than two months. Should pilots involved in aviation accidents be treated like criminals?