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Thu, 23 May 2013 03:07:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/everybody-is-talking-about-brazils-cardinal-odilo-pedro-scherer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/everybody-is-talking-about-brazils-cardinal-odilo-pedro-scherer/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:36:10 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=359501 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/12/everybody-is-talking-about-brazils-cardinal-odilo-pedro-scherer/feed/ 0 Brian Bethune’s latest from Rome http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/20/brazil-ad-council-looks-at-complaints-that-shaving-commercials-discriminate-against-hairy-men/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/20/brazil-ad-council-looks-at-complaints-that-shaving-commercials-discriminate-against-hairy-men/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:30:34 +0000 The Associated Press http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=352866 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/02/20/brazil-ad-council-looks-at-complaints-that-shaving-commercials-discriminate-against-hairy-men/feed/ 0 SAO PAULO – Hate that hair? In Brazil, beware. A self-regulatory council for Brazil’s... http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/brazilian-sex-workers-brushing-up-on-their-english-in-world-cup-lead-up/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/brazilian-sex-workers-brushing-up-on-their-english-in-world-cup-lead-up/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:23:37 +0000 Mika Rekai http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=337058 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/01/14/brazilian-sex-workers-brushing-up-on-their-english-in-world-cup-lead-up/feed/ 0 Free classes on offer in advance of 2014 soccer competition http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/12/media-profits-just-google-it/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/12/media-profits-just-google-it/#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:10:01 +0000 Mika Rekai http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=312492 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/11/12/media-profits-just-google-it/feed/ 0 France threatens to take the Internet search giant to court over getting rich from revenue-starved media sites http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/10/ex-guerillas-right-turn/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/10/ex-guerillas-right-turn/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:14:01 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=299659 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/10/10/ex-guerillas-right-turn/feed/ 0 The Brazilian president, an ex guerrilla, wants to cut taxes http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/19/world-cup-beer-battle/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/19/world-cup-beer-battle/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:34:01 +0000 Gustavo Vieira http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=251690 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/04/19/world-cup-beer-battle/feed/ 0 FIFA has a beer sponsor for the World Cup, but Brazil has a beer ban in stadiums http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/22/canadian-universities-brazilian-ambition/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/22/canadian-universities-brazilian-ambition/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:25:46 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=247546 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/03/22/canadian-universities-brazilian-ambition/feed/ 0 Last October I wrote a really strange column noting that the government of Brazil... http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/23/what-was-that-number-again/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/23/what-was-that-number-again/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:35:54 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=240111 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/23/what-was-that-number-again/feed/ 0 The Brazilian city is poised to start using nine digits after the area code http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/peter-kent-versus-the-world/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/peter-kent-versus-the-world/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:30:25 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228934 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/peter-kent-versus-the-world/feed/ 25 The Environment Minister spreads the good word. Environment Minister Peter Kent repeated his sharp... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/what-brazil-knows-that-we-don%e2%80%99t/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/what-brazil-knows-that-we-don%e2%80%99t/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:00:01 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/03/what-brazil-knows-that-we-don%e2%80%99t/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/28/what-brazil-knows-that-we-don%e2%80%99t/feed/ 21 Other countries are doing serious work to attract international students, but not us http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/more-than-just-lula-lite/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/more-than-just-lula-lite/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:50:27 +0000 Jen Cutts http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=217511 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/04/more-than-just-lula-lite/feed/ 0 Brazil's new president is cleaning out corruption http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/09/harper-in-brazil-the-critics-are-raving/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/09/harper-in-brazil-the-critics-are-raving/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:18:17 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=208397 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/09/harper-in-brazil-the-critics-are-raving/feed/ 171 And just this once, I mean the title non-ironically. The Association of Universities and... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/09/meanwhile-in-overseas-bathroom-news/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/09/meanwhile-in-overseas-bathroom-news/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:11:41 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=208355 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/09/meanwhile-in-overseas-bathroom-news/feed/ 22 After some consternation over the meaning and purpose of the Prime Minister’s visit to... http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/30/a-gondola-to-the-favelas/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/30/a-gondola-to-the-favelas/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:00:32 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=179170 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/03/30/a-gondola-to-the-favelas/feed/ 0 Rio de Janeiro is lifting up its poor—literally http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/24/this-week-newsmakers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/24/this-week-newsmakers/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:57:56 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=174133 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/02/24/this-week-newsmakers/feed/ 1 The fatheads who resent the war on fat, plus Quebec announces a new anti-corruption unit http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/13/brazil-mudslides-and-floods-leave-thousands-homeless/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/13/brazil-mudslides-and-floods-leave-thousands-homeless/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:40:25 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=166652 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/13/brazil-mudslides-and-floods-leave-thousands-homeless/feed/ 2 Death toll rises past 370 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/05/idea-alert-41/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/05/idea-alert-41/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:44:20 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=165585 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/01/05/idea-alert-41/feed/ 61 Further to the guaranteed income discussion, there is what Brazil has done to great... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/22/could-lula-come-back/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/22/could-lula-come-back/#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:59:39 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=164800 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/22/could-lula-come-back/feed/ 0 Outgoing Brazilan president hints that he may run for office again http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/20/i-cannot-say-no-because-i-am-still-alive/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/20/i-cannot-say-no-because-i-am-still-alive/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:49:00 +0000 Paul Wells http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=164548 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/20/i-cannot-say-no-because-i-am-still-alive/feed/ 8 Brazil’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is barred by the country’s constitution from... http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/06/her-own-woman/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/06/her-own-woman/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:20:14 +0000 Claire Ward http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=161269 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/12/06/her-own-woman/feed/ 0 Will Brazil’s first female president bring change, or is she just ‘Lula in a skirt’? http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/30/trust-lula-shes-good/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/30/trust-lula-shes-good/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:40:42 +0000 Claire Ward http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=149322 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/30/trust-lula-shes-good/feed/ 0 Brazil's president’s hand-picked successor is headed for certain victory in the Oct. 3 general election http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/accepting-defeat/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/accepting-defeat/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:20:28 +0000 Nicholas Köhler http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=147156 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/23/accepting-defeat/feed/ 0 When news hit that Japan had lost the war, many Japanese Brazilians refused to believe it http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/25/lulas-surprising-legacy/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/25/lulas-surprising-legacy/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:30:51 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=143341 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/08/25/lulas-surprising-legacy/feed/ 0 How the outgoing President turned around a troubled nation http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/22/on-your-port-side-cookies/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/22/on-your-port-side-cookies/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:00:54 +0000 Julia Belluz http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=138783 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/07/22/on-your-port-side-cookies/feed/ 0 Nestlé is sailing the Amazon with a floating grocery store to try to reach a lucrative, untapped market http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/03/president-lula-flexes-his-muscles/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/03/president-lula-flexes-his-muscles/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:20:50 +0000 Patricia Treble http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=128814 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/03/president-lula-flexes-his-muscles/feed/ 0 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is launching an international TV channel aimed at Africa http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/22/concordia-floaties-are-welcomed-home/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/22/concordia-floaties-are-welcomed-home/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:21:13 +0000 Tom Henheffer http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=110372 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/02/22/concordia-floaties-are-welcomed-home/feed/ 5 Shipwrecked students survived on rainwater—and Disney songs http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/18/the-commons-old-school/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/18/the-commons-old-school/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:11:39 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=102474 http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/18/the-commons-old-school/feed/ 79 Michael Ignatieff fills the university halls with big questions: 'Who's not in the room? Who's out in the cold?' http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/22/top-ten-wild-places/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/22/top-ten-wild-places/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:22:06 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=88571 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/22/top-ten-wild-places/feed/ 3 Wild and wonderful places to go http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/09/week-in-pictures-october-2nd-october-9th-2009/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/09/week-in-pictures-october-2nd-october-9th-2009/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:03:51 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=86719 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/09/week-in-pictures-october-2nd-october-9th-2009/feed/ 0 The best pictures from the last seven days http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/01/the-mystery-of-air-france-flight-447/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/01/the-mystery-of-air-france-flight-447/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:58:12 +0000 Philippe Gohier http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=61340 http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/06/01/the-mystery-of-air-france-flight-447/feed/ 8 Experts try to piece the tragedy together, without the help of a black box, cockpit recorder or confirmation of the wreckage http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/07/film-reviews-dark-matter-in-ive-loved-you-so-long-and-synecdoche/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/07/film-reviews-dark-matter-in-ive-loved-you-so-long-and-synecdoche/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:00:52 +0000 Brian D. Johnson http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=15954 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/11/07/film-reviews-dark-matter-in-ive-loved-you-so-long-and-synecdoche/feed/ 4 Dark matter in 'I've Loved You So Long' and 'Synecdoche, New York' http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/31/btc-what-do-you-see/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/31/btc-what-do-you-see/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:51:38 +0000 Aaron Wherry http://macleans.wordpress.com/?p=14105 http://www2.macleans.ca/2008/10/31/btc-what-do-you-see/feed/ 11 This week’s asbestos thing is probably difficult to get excited about. A little lacking...