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Sep 3rd – 16th 2013 LONDON EDITION
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BRAZILIAN STUDENTS ARRIVE TBP reports on the largest entry of students to come to the UK with the Science Without Boarders programme. 1,700 Brazilians are coming to the country this September for year long undergraduate course. Brazil’s government programme aims to bring more than 10,000 students by 2015.
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Front Page EDUCATION
Students of Brazil’s Science Without Borders programme arrive in the UK 1,700 students are coming to the country for year long undergraduate course
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By Guilherme Reis
runo Belmonte Martinelli Gomes is a 19 year old Biomedicine student from Brazil’s State of Minas Gerais, he is one of many students who will arrive in the UK in September to study for a year. Preparing to move out of his parents’ house for the first time, he is hoping “broaden his horizons, learn new cultures and make every effort so that new opportunities arise from this trip,” he told The Brazilian Post. Bruno is part of a contingent of 1,700 Brazilian students coming to the UK in September under the Science Without Borders, a four-year long federal government program that will provide more than 100,000 scholarships for undergraduate and post-graduate Brazilian students to study abroad, and be part of world-renowned educational institutions for technology and innovation. “Even before entering university, I always wanted to live abroad, the possibility of joining the SwB was the to
This will be the largest entry of Brazilian students in the UK under the SwB. The first group, with approximately 520 students, arrived in September 2012 and in January 2013, about 600 came
achieve this dream,” said Bruno. “The choice of the university came after the choice of my destiny. The option for the UK was a compromise between personal and professional achievement. Some of the best institutions in my area are located in the UK, with Durham one of the most prestigious.” This will be the largest entry of
Brazilian students in the UK under the SwB. The first group, with approximately 520 students, arrived in September 2012 and in January 2013, about 600 came. The kinds of opportunities offered include a one year undergraduate sandwich course or one year, PhD, a PhD full course of 4 years and two-year post-doctorate full courses. According
to Tania Lima, program director of SwB in the UK, the goal is that, by 2015, over 10,000 Brazilian students – 7000 for undergraduate, 3000 for PhD and 500 for post-doctorate will come to British universities. Over 100 UK higher education institutions are eligible to participate in the scheme. Continued on page 8 >>
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year ago we decided to innovate and make The Brazilian Post totally bilingual. While there were some challenges and questions, we decided to go for it and the reception to our new design has been fantastic. And now, 365 days and 24 editions later, we have become a newspaper that speaks to more than Brazilians living in London, and shows Brazil for all English speakers, interesed in our huge green and yellow country. We are a Brazilian newspaper based in London that lives a glocal experience. In other words, a vehicle in which
can connect and share information produced by professional Brazilians and Europeans, with a mission of showing Brazil beyond the stereotypes. All this, coupled with the increased visibility that the country is gaining with major events coming up. The way the Brazilian Post is organised has also been transformed, we have restructured the company to become a co-operative. In which our associates manage the organisational structure and work as journalist and editors, making TBP a glocal vehicle of communication. We are also delighted to say that
we have some fantastic writers who are currently based in the UK, Ireland, Qatar, Portugal, Spain and several regions of Brazil who are seeking space to show their work in the outside world, contribute substantially to establish our editorial quality. And for this, we created three forms of collaboration: correspondents, columnists, and connecting (a specific project for University students). In this way, we open the possibility of a two-way street. The Brazilian Post aggregates different points of view, exclusive content and has become a showcase for these professionals. As for
the professional, the ability to produce and disseminate their writing and work creates a dynamic and innovative publication. This is how we work to maintain the quality of all products conveyed by the brand The Brazilian Post. For our collaborators, customers and readers we are delighted to be working with you. Enjoy the edition! Ana Toledo Editor in Chief ana@brazilianpost.co.uk
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POINT OF VIEW
Democratic Media Law: the process of a movement
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By Ana Toledo
n 2009, the World Social Forum in the Amazonian city of Belem (Para State) held the event that asked several states in Brazil to organize locally the state commissions ProNational Conference of Communications. During that year, the states carried - in partnership with social movements, collectives, universities, academic centres, cultural groups, class entities, state governments and municipalities - the preconferences, which raised several guidelines about the democratization of communication Brazil. Everything happened and in December the realization of the First National Conference of Communication (Confecom), in Brasilia, federal capital was possible. This mobilisation was accompanied for the transformations brought by the project Culture Viva (Culture Alive), developed by the then Minister of Culture, Gilberto Gil. In addition, this gained strength with the Conferences of Culture which were being held in the states and then also with the National Conference that year. A significant step in the movement of media democratisation in Brazil, which for years has guided this debate locally in several states – in Parana, since 2006. With a favourable political collaboration - President Lula’s government the movement has been structured. Throughout this period, the movement proved organisation in two important aspects: theoretical and social mobilization. For social mobilisation, many people came to discuss, in 2009, the fact that television is a public concession, that broadcasters do not own the electromagnetic spectrum. Private companies own the rights to broadcast the waves that are the responsibility of the government. And that can be renewed, provided they are in accordance with the Brazilian Telecommunications Code - which remains the same for 50 years. Most Brazilians, however, remain unaware of these issues. According to research published by Perseu Abramo Foundation, seven out of ten Brazilians do not know that the open TV stations are public concessions. These two aspects formed the basis for today the movement for democratization of communication in Brazil, through the National Forum for Democratization of Communication, present the Democratic Media Law, a proposed bill which regulates the functioning of the media. So far, about 50,000 people have signed the text. However, the challenge is much greater: collect 1.3 million signatures for the proposal to be accepted by Congress as a bill of popular initiative. It is an action that arrives in Brazil at an important moment in which many debates have arisen since the last demonstrations in June this year. The movement of media democratization is now mature to represent what 71% of the population have consensus: the television programming needs more rules, according to the same by Perseu Abramo Foundation. Now we’ll wait to see what will be the continuity of the process, in a technological world comfortably adapted to social networks.
Habits of media in Brazil according to research by Perseu Abramo Foundation
WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC MEDIA LAW SAYS Chapter 1: + Television, + Radio Defines what electronic media and its services (open free radio and broadcast television, digital radio and TV, internet radio and TV not produced by users, for example WebTV produced by media companies). Blogs and personal videos from YouTube, among others, are out of this law. Chapter 2: + Diversity, + Culture, + Brazil Establishes the principles and purposes of the law: to promote diversity of ideas and opinions; to promote the national culture; to promote the regional, ethnic, gender, social class, age and sexual orientation diversity to ensure the rights of users. It also regulates the constitutional definition of
the communication system, divided between public, private and state. Chapter 3: + Transparency, + Channels Defines the rules to have a license of a Communication Service, transparent criteria and public hearings. Prohibits politicians to be owners of radio and television. The project proposes a new form of organization of services as is done in other countries - which is based on the following concept: who produces content cannot be the person (company) responsible for distribution. Thus, the infrastructure and management of the signal will not be controlled by those who make the programs. Thus, it seeks to increase diversity and competition in this market. Chapter 4: End Monopolies Sets rules to prevent the formation of monopolies in the media, prohibiting the same economic group owns a radio, television, newspapers and magazines in the same location, with the exception
of small municipalities. It also establishes how many licenses of radio and TV the same group may have nationally. Chapter 5: + Brazil on TV and radio, + Antenna right Reinforces the principles of Chapter 2: prohibits previews censsorship of contents. Sets the antenna right for social groups (free time on national television, as have political parties), the right of reply, the presence of national and regional content. Items that do condoning hate speech, war, prejudice of any kind are not allowed. Guarantees protection of childhood and adolescence. Chapter 6: + Social Participation Sets the state organs that have the role of regulating the services and will be responsible for observing the rule of law. It also defines how is social participation in the preparation, discussion and monitoring of communication policies for the country, with the creation of the National Council for Communication Policy.
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HEALTH
Cuban doctors arrive to work in Brazil’s deprived areas
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From the Editor first group of 400 Cuban doctors, from a total of 4,000 arrived in Brazil in late August. They are going to be working in the country for the second part of the federal program ‘Mais Médicos’, which simply means ‘more doctors’, that’s aim is to compensate for the lack of professionals in public health in deprived regions of the country where more than 10 million people are live without access to health care. The initiative is the result of a cooperation agreement signed between the country and the Pan American Health Organisation, the body that belongs to the World Health Organisation. The doctors will be working in 700 cities deemed to be in need of their expertise any professional in the first stage of the program, launched in July by President Dilma Rousseff. Eightyfour percent of these sites are located in the North and Northeast of Brazil. The Brazilian government will pay the programme and the organisation, which will then be, transferred the Cuban government who will continue to pay the doctor’s salaries. According to doctors interviewed by newspaper Publico, from Spain, the value is around U.S. $ 1600. All the medics have worked in family medicine, and have other specialisms. While the doctors will not be able to choose the cities where they will be working, they will be able to enjoy the benefits, such as financial assistance with housing and food, paid for by the
Professionals will be directed manly to cities in the North and Northeast of Brazil
respective municipalities. In the first part of the ‘Mais Médicos’ program 1,618 health professionals were selected to work in 579 cities from the countryside and suburbs of large cities. Of this total, 1,096 doctors had Brazilian diploma and 522 were trained overseas. Though much more help is needed, participants of the program represent 10.5% of the 15,460 professionals needed according to the demand presented by the municipalities according to brazil’s Ministry of Health.
The second group of 2,000 Cuban doctors, will arrive on October 4 and the last group (with 1,600) will arrive in November.
Critics
The programme of the federal government and the arrival of Cuban doctors in the country have been the target of much criticism in the country, mainly in sectors of the opposition to President Dilma and medical entities. There were even extreme reactions, such
as Brazilian doctors booing Cuban doctors in Fortaleza, and declarations in favour of the boycott of these professionals. One of the main criticisms is that the programme is not requiring the revalidation of diplomas, by an exam, of the foreign doctors entering the country. Furthermore, the lack of hospital infrastructure in poorer cities is seen as the main obstacle to Brazilian doctors agreeing to work in these places, which supposedly would make the arrival of foreign professionals were unnecessary.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Brazil foreign minister loses job in diplomatic fiasco
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From the Editor razil’s president has replaced the country’s foreign minister following an embarrassing diplomatic manoeuvre involving spiriting a fugitive senator out of neighbouring Bolivia. The departure of foreign minister Antonio Patriota was announced in a two-paragraph statement from President Dilma Rousseff that also named Luiz Alberto Figueiredo as the successor. A Rousseff spokeswoman said Patriota, a former ambassador to the US, would become the country’s UN ambassador. The shake-up came one day after Bolivian senator Roger Pinto was snuck into Brazil after spending 452 days in the Brazilian embassy in Bolivia’s capital, La Paz. Pinto, a member of Bolivia’s small rightwing opposition bloc in congress, accuses the government of President Evo Morales of corruption, though he
Figueiredo Machado is the new Brazil’s foreign minister
has provided no evidence. He said he sought asylum in Brazil’s embassy after he and his family received death threats. Bolivia’s government said Pinto’s exile was an opposition smear campaign against Morales. It has accused Pinto of corruption and wants him on criminal
charges including economic damage to the state from when he was governor of the northern state of Pando, which borders Brazil. Pinto won asylum from Brazil in 2012 but Bolivia did not recognised the status and refused to let him leave. Pinto faced the choice of staying in the
Brazilian embassy in La Paz or giving up his asylum request. In recent weeks Brazilian diplomats stationed in La Paz had become concerned about Pinto’s health. Diplomat Eduardo Saboia, who was stationed at the embassy in La Paz, said he made the decision to smuggle Pinto into Brazil on Sunday because he thought the lawmaker was in mortal danger. Speaking to Globo News on Monday, Saboia called Pinto a “politically persecuted person” and said he acted to save the senator’s life because his health was deteriorating. The issue strained relations between Brazil and Bolivia and ultimately led to Patriota’s removal. His successor, Figueiredo, 58, served as Brazil’s undersecretary for environment, energy, science and technology at the foreign ministry before taking over Brazil’s UN mission. He led Brazil’s negotiators at the environmental summit in Rio de Janeiro in 2012.
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Community HERITAGE
The history of Brazilians who migrated to London between 1960 and 1980
Project will also discuss about the historical moment lived by the two countries at that time
Brasiliance project will turn the trajectory of immigrants who left Brazil and settled in the English community into theatre
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By Nathália Braga
he large Brazilian community in London is no secret, it doesn’t take much looking to find a Brazilian here. But what was it like 50 years ago? Who were the Brazilians who came to London so long ago and remain in this city. The search to find these people, bring them together and tell the story of their life has been the goal of a project called Brasiliance, that will narrate the stories of Brazilian immigrants who came to London
between 1960 and 1980 through a theatre production. Brasiliance is the creation of Franko Figueiredo, the artistic director of the theatre company StoneCrabs, who launched the project with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), in partnership with King’s College and University College London. Since early August, volunteers (mostly university students or people interested in Brazilian culture) have been researching to find these immigrants. Through gathering their real stories, the project aims to break down stereotypes of Brazilian identity, focusing on the trajectory of Brazilians who migrated to London, to live, to study, or to flee the coup and successive military dictatorship in Brazil between the ‘60s and ‘80s, and settled in the UK. The focus of Brasiliance focuses on the contributions of these individuals in the formation of social, cultural and religious identity and diversity that is celebrated in London today. The artistic director of Brasiliance, Gaël Le Cornec explains that the process of searching for stories has been spontaneous. “When we begin a search there is no need to have a rule on location or occupation, we know that these people can be anywhere. Just the other day, I was talking with a friend and he knew
someone with a interesting story” , said Le Cornec who is Brazilian and has been in London for nine years, where he studied drama at the Royal Court theatre, and theatre directing at the StoneCrabs and Young Vic. At the end of the study, the volunteers will be trained in oral history in order to capture as much of the experience of the respondents. “Oral history is defined to be one that is not written in the books, told from generation to generation. It is the personal perception of someone who lives through a certain event,” says Gaël. The idea of the interviews is to know why these people came to London, why they stayed and how they adapted to life in the English city. Furthermore, it aims to show the public what was happening in England and Brazil during those years, which was the historical moment for the countries and the immigration policy at the time. Most of all it’s the story of Brazilians who have contributed to the history of the UK.
Result
The research material and interviews will be turned into a play, which will be presented in the second half of 2014, when there will be a festival with a related art exhibition.
“Along with the piece, we have a series of events that will be related to the theme of the play. It will be a two-day festival, where we want to showcase the research that volunteers are doing. There will be a series of artistic expressions on ‘Brazilians in London’, but the piece is the main event,” says Gaël, who will also be writing the play. Along with the festival, Brasiliance will also produce a DVD documentary of edited interviews which will be donated to the British Library and other research institutions in Britain. Another aspect is the creation of an interactive book for children that will be distributed in London schools, especially in neighbourhoods where the Brazilian community is present, and even an interactive video also for children to be released in March next year . All dates are scheduled, however, are subject to the result of the interviews and therefore changes might occur. To follow the progress of project and dates of events, please visit the project website: www.brasiliance.com. Volunteers interested in helping the project, Brazilians who migrated to London between 1960 and 1980 and who want to tell their story, or people who know of others who would be willing to contribute can contact by e-mail brasiliance@stonecrabs.co.uk.
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PROFILE
Tony Voyage:
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By Rômulo Seitenfus hen leaving Brazil in 2000, Tony Voyage landed in Madrid and ended up in the town of Fuenlabrada, Spain. The first person he talked to in Spanish land was a saleswoman who when questioned by the Brazilian on the best neighbourhood to live, told him about Calhau. Arriving there, by chance, Tony noticed the advertisement of another Brazilian, also looking for work. In an attempt to help a fellow countryman in distant lands, he dialled the number. Tony Voyage (who went by the name of Antonio Alves de Freitas Filho back
then) and was working as a Brazilian hairdresser, was promptly answered by fellow Brazilian who, by virtue of fate, owned a beauty salon. Lucky? “No. I believe that we create our own luck,” Tony tells me as he adjusts his glasses, “but I believe that good people attract other good people.” After a year in Spain, Tony headed to the Land of the Queen dreaming of improving his English. Today, after twelve years in London, owns Tony Voyage Hairdressers and shares his stories with Brazilians and foreigners who dream of following in his footsteps. Born in Ceará, Brazil’s north-eastern State, Tony Voyage chose his artistic name in honour of his
hometown, Boa Viagem. He says that at three years old, he moved to São Paulo with his family, he is the tenth child among 11 brothers and believes the number ten has been crucial to their professional success. “The secret of success? Do everything with love and dedication. The rest comes with time. All of life is slow and there is a building process and focus. We cannot give up our dreams. People need to carry out their wishes. After you complete a dream start another, to give continuity to the achievements,” he says with shining eyes.
ID: TONY VOYAGE The most memorable moment of your life: When I received European citizenship. A fear: Dying without achieving all my goals. Your biggest flaw: Perfectionism. Your greatest quality: I’m a humanitarian. A big extravagance: My work. Something you love: Good sleep. Something you hate: Falsehood. Favourite occupation: Talking with friends. An unforgettable moment: My first love. Who would you choose to hug? Nira, my first boss. She marked the beginning of my career and gave me all the support I needed. A gift you never forgot: A mini car made by my father in my childhood. An amazing cultural product: The movie Flash Dance. The most wonderful place that your eyes have ever seen: Barcelona. A place you’d like to know: Berlin. A personality: Maria Bethania. A book: The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho. A song: Fascinação - Elis Regina. What do you want today? A better world, with more honest people. What attracts you in someone: Their eyes. What is the easiest defect to forgive? Sincere lies, when it saves ourselves. If your life was a song, what would it be? Não se Esqueça de Mim, by Roberto
Carlos. How do you imagine your life ten years from now? Visiting the salons, teaching beauty techniques. What is the most exciting achievement of your life? The birth of my artistic name, in honour of my hometown. The worst pain ever lived: The loss of my father. Something you miss: I miss my childhood. Do you prefer surprises or to be surprised? Surprises! Someone interesting I should know? My friend Silvia, owner of Restaurant Ricco. A person of incredible huge heart. A talent that you would like to have: To sing. A beautiful woman: My mother. A handsome man: William Bonner. Things you love most in London: The streets of Chelsea, Fulham, the River Thames and the steps of the Tower Bridge. London is... The capital of fashion and arts of the world. A vanity: Well groomed hair and beard. What does your mirror shows? I see a talented and humble professional who came from a poor family and achieved his dreams. But my own mirror reflects two images, because I still see myself as that guy that always remembers his simple childhood difficulties, who without ceasing to be the professional, of course, still has a lot to learn like everyone else, but has managed to tread a path and build a name. I’m proud of it. Photo: Rômulo Seitenfus
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Continued from page 02 >> In the case of the 1,700 students who are coming now, all of them are part of undergraduate scheme, whose entries occur in September and January. A section of the group came to the UK in early summer to improve their English, which is also part of program, although not mandatory. PhD and post-doctoral courses dates are more flexible. Students who come to the UK receive a monthly allowance of £440 while living in the country. They also receive return flights, health insurance, installation aid (purchase of home ware, clothes etc.) and teaching aid (to buy books and even computers). The students stay in the accommodations offered by the universities, who are paid directly by the federal program.
Birmingham As one might imagine, most students opt for universities in Greater London (see box on page 8). But there is a lot of demand for institutions in Scotland and other parts of England, with the cities of Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle being some of the most popular, as pointed by Tania Lima, who could not, for contractual reasons, reveal which universities rely on the greater number of Brazilians enrolled by SwB. The Brazilian Post spoke with, Gabriel Ceballos who is responsible for developing the Science Without Borders program at Birmingham City University, who was excited about the arrival of the first group of Brazilian students under the SwB. “BCU joined the SwB in 2012 and now in September we will receive the first group of students in the program. Brazil is a country that offers many opportunities for the university as a whole and we want to show Brazilian students the advantages of studying at an institution with strong ties to the industry, giving them the knowledge they need to develop their careers,” he said. Altogether, the BCU will receive 22 Brazilian students. The vast majority of them - 14 in total - will attend Mechanical Engineering, but there are also students for courses in computer science, urban planning and design, among others.
One of these students is Daniel Pires Leal, 23, who arrived in the UK in late June and after 10 weeks of academic English course, is about to begin the first of two semesters in Mechanical Engineering. Daniel said he chose the country to “have the opportunity to study in one of the best education systems in the world”, and opted by BCU “because it has an education system that focuses on practice, making the learning much more interesting.” “From the experience of two months, it has been possible to be in contact with people from different cultures, understand the education system, visit wonderful cities, as well as greatly improve my command of English. Afterwards I want to go back to Brazil to finish a degree in Petroleum Engineering, and then I intend to work in the area,” he said. Birmingham City University, in fact, has sought a greater connection and relationship with Brazil, as The Brazilian Post has reported previously. Gabriel Ceballos said the university has worked to develop academic links with universities in Brazil, since articulation agreements to collaborate on research. “We are also developing connections with Brazilian and British companies in various industries sectors to provide our students in interesting projects. Soon the BCU will have strong links with industry in Brazil and will be involved in the biggest events in the country,” said Gabriel, who added that the details of the projects developed by the university in Brazil will soon be released.
‘Brazil on the map’ To Tania Lima, director of SwB UK, the federal program makes Brazil even more visible, and not just in the UK. “The Science Without Borders puts Brazil on the map as an equal partner. With the increase in the quality of research in Brazil and with economic development, the scientific and academic world has already considered Brazil as a priority country for the development of partnerships. But the Science Without Borders provided a tool to facilitate this mutual interest,” she said. Tania believes that the program will have a long term impact, because it opens
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space for British universities begin to strengthen relationships with Brazilian institutions. “Many universities here will visit universities for their students in Brazil, as several already have. They will begin to make exchange students, teachers, researchers, lecturers etc. So this creates a long-term partnership. There are also great links with industry, because companies are involved offering internships.” Another positive impact is on scientific research as “scientific research nowadays is so multidisciplinary and complex that all countries are very much aware that no one else can do high-level research
Distribution of Science Without Borders students in Brazil North - 1.7% North East - 19% Centre West - 8.2% South East - 52.5% South - 18.6%
without collaboration. And international collaboration is a proven fact that greatly enhances the quality of the research done.” In this sense, in addition to sending the best Brazilian students and researchers to the best universities in the world, the programme will also provide ‘Inbound Fellowships’, which aim to bring to Brazilian universities and research centres a total of 1,250 researchers (860 early-career researchers and 390 senior scholars) under an unparalleled funding scheme. More information about the Science Without Boarders programme you can find here: http://sciencewithoutborders. international.ac.uk/.
South East England - 8.3% South West - 5.7% Northern Ireland - 2.1% Wales - 7.2% West Midlands - 6.9% Yorkshire and Humberside - 7.6% Distribution of students per area of study
Distribution of Science Without Borders students in the UK East Midlands - 10.3% Eastern - 3.8% Greater London - 20.2% North East England - 5.7% North West England - 8% Scotland - 14.2%
Engineering - 40% Biological Sciences - 18% Computer Science - 17% Architecture and Graphic Design - 11% Physics, Chemistry and Maths - 10% Other - 4%
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Latin America SURVEILLANCE
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From the Editor he US National Security Agency spied on the communications of the Brazilian and Mexican presidents, accessing the Mexico leader’s emails before he was elected, Brazil’s Globo television reported. Rio de Janeiro-based journalist Glenn Greenwald, a columnist for the Guardian newspaper who obtained secret files from NSA leaker Edward Snowden, told Globo on Sunday September 1st that a document dated June 2012 shows that Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto’s emails were being accessed. That was a month before his election. The NSA also intercepted some of Pena Nieto’s voicemails. The communications included messages in which the future leader discussed the names of potential cabinet members. A Mexican foreign ministry spokesman told AFP he had seen the report but had no comment. A presidency spokesman could
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not immediately be reached for comment. As for Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff, the NSA said in the document that it was trying to better understand her methods of communication and interlocutors using a program to access all Internet content the president visited online.
Rousseff, who is due to make a state visit to Washington in October, held a working meeting to study the revelations in the Globo report, the channel said. “If these facts prove to be true, it would be unacceptable and could be called an attack on our country’s
sovereignty,” Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo said. The NSA program allows agents to access the entire communications network of the president and her staff, including telephone, Internet and social network exchanges. Cardozo met with US Vice President Joe Biden in Washington last week to discuss the matter. The United States have rejected a Brazilian offer to negotiate a bilateral agreement on surveillance. In July, Greenwald co-wrote articles in O Globo revealing that the US had a joint NSA-CIA base in Brazil to gather data on emails and calls flowing through the country. Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor, is now a fugitive in Russia under temporary asylum. He is wanted by Washington on espionage charges linked to media disclosures about US surveillance programs.
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Sep 3rd – 16th 2013
Technology INNOVATION
Switch on, login: Campus Party arrives in London
Edition of Campus Party in Berlin
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From the Editor he third edition of Campus Party Europe, one of the most important event in the world in the areas of innovation,
creativity, science and digital entertainment will be held in London between 2-7 September. The event will bring 10,000 people from all corners of the continent to discover the possibilities that emerging technologies offer and
inspiring a generation of digital makers, besides helping to create new paths in their careers. It is the first time that London receives the event, which has born in Spain and has been performed seven times in Brazil (twice 2013, in São Paulo and Recife). It was at this year’s edition in Sao Paulo, moreover, that it was agreed that London would receive the next edition of Campus Party. The initiative was one of the results of UKBrazil Season, a project born in September last year, shortly after the London Olympics which aims to explore the connections between UK-Brazil in the areas of arts, science, culture, business and technology. Campus Party will take place at London’s O2 Arena (once the millennium dome and an icon of innovation), which opens its doors to be filled with new technologies, trends, and thousands young people interested in learning and sharing knowledge. The fair is geared towards ‘campuseros’ interested in digital
technology and how it is helping to define and shape the modern culture and society, as well as hackers, developers, gamers, enthusiasts of social networking and geeks, of course. The five-day event of the third European edition will feature 8 stages, nearly 100 speakers and more than 500 hours of content, conferences, workshops and competitions. This will be a great opportunity for the participants, who will have the chance to develop and hone their digital skills, and receive professional tips. Businesses, whether small, medium or large, are not left out as they also have the opportunity to find great talent and exhibit at the event. As with other editions of Campus Party happening in countries like Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Spain, Europe CP will feature some of the world’s most prestigious technological and scientific personalities who will discuss important issues that affect our digital future. Find more info at www.campusparty.eu.
REVEAL THE CODE In order to promote its English edition, the Campus Party has spread art through the streets of England. In a project called Code Graffiti, several large scale painted murals inspired by Alan Turing puzzles and containing encrypted messages in the form of binary code have been created. Look out for this one in East London.
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Economy AGRIBUSINESS
UK seeking increase in exports to Brazil Reports British business delegates at Expointer event in Rio Grande do Sul
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From the Editor he UK is expecting a 50% increase in exports to the Brazilian market this year, according to the British Consul General in Brazil, John Doddrell, who led
a group of British businessmen linked to agribusiness, on a visit to Brazil in the last week of August. The delegation was in the country to meet their Brazilian contemporaries in the sector and identify partnership opportunities. Attendees participated in a series of events at the Expointer fair in Rio Grande do Sul State. There were also meetings between businessmen of the two countries, as well as field visits for the staff of the eight British companies who attended the event. First contact had been established last year, when a delegation from Rio Grande do Sul promoted the State at an event in London. On this occasion, the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Claudio Fioreze, addressed the importance of agribusiness in Brazil and in Rio Grande do Sul, focusing on investment opportunities.
Among the opportunities, highlighted by Fioreze, included the irrigation sector, the construction of dams, as well as production equipment and services for irrigation, all of which emphasis the existence of a large agricultural frontier in the State based on this technology. Fioreze also presented the project aimed at restructuring the Parque Assis Brasil, showing that there are great chances for successful Public / Private Partnerships, given that the project involves the construction of an events centre, hotel, education and technology park, in addition to the recovery of basic infrastructure in the current area, which could offer a very positive prospect of return to investors. The more recent event in Brazil featured a workshop and Business Roundtable discussion organised by Farsul, Senar, Casa Rural, in partnership
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with the British Embassy and UK Trade and Investment - UKTI. “The scale of agriculture in Brazil is huge compared to Europe, however, their average incomes are lower. British innovation and knowledge can help Brazil to increase productivity, energy efficiency, boost rural incomes and lower carbon emissions from the agricultural sector “, said the British Consulate, in a statement.
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Sep 3rd – 16th 2013
Sport OLYMPIC PREPARATION
Brazil focuses on success at World Championships in preparation of Rio-2016
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By Renato Brandao ware of the pressure facing Brazil’s athletes to succeed in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB, in Portuguese) promised at the close the London Olympics that it would help take the country to the Top 10 of the medals table. This is an ambitious target for a country whose best performance was obtained in 2012, with 17 medals, given that it would take 28-35 medals (between seven and ten golds) to reach the much-coveted tenth position. For Rio-2016, therefore, the national Olympic team needs to fight for at least nine more medals to stand a hope of appearing in the Top 10. Support to achieve this is in place, Brazil’s Olympic sports have received unprecedented levels of investment since Rio was announced as a host. In addition to corporate support of R$ 1.5 billion (around £400 million), the Federal Government gave an extra contribution of R$ 1 billion (around £260 million) after the country’s poor performance at the London Games. It’s said the billions of reais in resources have been invested “in the technical skills of the athletes and the hiring and training of coaches.”
First results
In this first year of the current Olympic term, the World Championships have been the main arena to analyse Brazil’s development in several sports. Things have been looking promising. In July, Guilherme Dias won a bronze medal at the Taekwondo World Championship in Puebla, Mexico, and the duos Ricardo/Alvaro and Lili/Barbara Seixas won the silver and bronze, respectively, in the Beach Volleyball World Championship in Poland. In late August, Yane Marques, bronze medallist in the modern pentathlon at London 2012, won the silver medal in the World Senior championship in Taiwan. “We are just over 1,000 days for the 2016 Games and matching our athletes with medals takes time. We are aware of this challenge and working hard to fulfil it,” said Marcus Vinicius Freire, executive director of Sports at COB.
The Brazilian judo had women delegation historic achievement
with César Cielo) – the green-yellow delegation thankfully made a good contribution to the World Championship in Barcelona, in July. The team won ten medals in total (three golds, two silvers and five bronzes), six of them in the Olympic trials. In swimming, came four medals: one gold (in the 50m free to César Cielo) and three bronzes (in the 400m medley and 200m medley to Thiago Pereira, and the 100m breast stroke to Felipe Lima). In the swimming marathon, Brazil took gold and silver with Poliana Okimoto and Ana Marcela. It is also worth mentioning the participation of the men’s team in the final of the 4x100m freestyle relay after absences in
the last Olympic final and previous World Championship in Shanghai. The good performance of the Brazilian team in Barcelona indicates that the national team will compete for medals in the Games in Rio. However, in order for the country to do well in 2016, they need to expand the number of top athletes, especially youngsters and invest in women’s swimming, which only collected disappointments in the last Olympics.
Athletics
Athletics was another sport in which Brazil failed in London 2012, in fact it was the country’s worst record in 20 years, going without a single medal.
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Aquatic Sports
After the performance below expectations in aquatics at the London Games - Brazil took home just two medals (silver with Thiago Pereira in the 400m individual medley and bronze in the 50m freestyle
Though recently it has been the most victorious of Brazilian Olympic sports with 14 medals in total, including four gold, athletics is just behind sailing (17 medals, including six gold). Because of the large number of medals in dispute, athletics is a strategic sport for COB, so has seen some of the biggest investments in recent years in the country - more than R$ 30 million (around £8 million) a year. However, despite the money, the results have not appeared, as demonstrated by the meagre performance of Brazilian athletics in Moscow. In its first major test after London 2012, the Brazilian team came home empty handed in repeated campaigns of the World Championships, when Brazil was represented in six finals - the only exception was the gold of Fabiana Murer pole vault at Daegu 2011, in South Korea. In Moscow 2013, Brazilian failure was mostly clearly reflected in the error of passing of the baton in the final of the women’s 4x100m relay, at the price of a much needed medal for Brazil. There was no explanation of the decision it should have been a simple case for experienced athlete Rosangela Santos to pass on to Vanda Gomes, the runner heading for the final passage. Not that the lack of medals in Moscow is a surprise: the Brazilian Athletics Confederation itself had a modest goal of placing a maximum number of athletes in finals. Brazilian athletics has lived in agony for years. Signs of renewal are shy, and new generations cannot achieve the good results of the past, either because of technical limitations or lack of psychological support. Near to the end of their careers, the biggest national stars, Fabiana Murer, Maurren Maggi and Marilson Gomes dos Santos, will be over 35 years old when the Rio Olympics come around. The scenario for athletics is not the most optimistic and there is no evidence that will improve by 2016, being more realistic for now envisions that the country will left without medals in the sport.
Brazilian team misses the passing of the baton in the final of the women’s 4x100m relay in Moscow
The Brazilian judo had women delegation historic achievement at the World Championship held in Rio de Janeiro in August. There were six medals, one gold, with Rafaela Silva, three silvers (team, Erika Miranda and Maria Suellen Altheman) and two bronze (Mayra Aguiar and Sarah Menezes).
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SKILL IN FIELD
Brazilians are now on the attack in English football the starting line-up of the Brazilian team. Midfielder Philippe Coutinho, who came here after a stint in Italy also finished the year with prestige with his team, Liverpool.
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By Antonio Veiga n recent years English team have hired more Brazilians than ever. Recently even the profile of players drawn here is changing. The clearest example of this is the move of Paulinho to Tottenham, for an unprecedented fee for a defensive player. There is also the newly signed agreement of the midfielder Willian to Chelsea. After coming to London for a medical examination at Tottenham, Willian decided to sign with Chelsea. At 25, the attacking midfielder was in Russia, with no prospects of playing for Brazil’s national team. Now, after being bought for £32 million, Willian has the opportunity to show Scolari why he deserves a place in the national squad. Not counting Juninho, who became a legend for Middlesbrough, almost all Brazilians who played in the Premier League since the mid-90s to a few years ago were defenders, such as Sylvinho, Edu, Gilberto Silva, Kléberson, Lucas, among others.
First impression
First scouted by Corinthians, William had slipped from view while at Anzhi Makhachkala in Russia until his recent signing with Chelsea
There are many variables that can explain it. The most quoted being that the lightweight style of Brazilian players is not suited to the physical game of the Premier League. But despite this, seems to be
COACH
What to expect from Mourinho?
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By Antonio Veiga fter six years, José Mourinho seems to have been revelling in his return to Stamford Bridge. With a greater sense of maturity, the coach comes to Chelsea for another phase of his career, in what will hopefully be as celebrated as his fist, when he led the team to Premier League victory twice. Since the news was first announced the Blues have been animated, but what will it mean for Brazil’s coach Scolari? Everything depends on how Mourinho will use the Brazilians in the squad. Judging by his choices so far things look good, with him rating David Luiz, Ramires and Oscar - and newcomer Willian, you might remember that back when he was in charge of Madrid, Marcelo and Kaka were invariably left on the bench. It is true that Kaka was never at the same level of his competitors Özil and Di Maria. But we cannot say the same about the left-back, Marcelo who was passed over for Coentrao (Mourinho’s compatriot). In Madri, people have always commented that players of Jorge Mendes, the same manager of Mourinho,
Mourinho left Real Madrid and returned to Chelsea
had some privileges. Speculation aside, Mourinho will certainly slam his foot down and is adamant that his club should not sell defender David Luiz to his former rivals Barcelona and, at least at the beginning of the Premier League, and to justify this he has been sure to put David, Ramires and Oscar in his first team.
changing. The first boy from our country to prove his worth on the pitch was Oscar. The young midfielder has been one of the best players in the UK last season, scoring 12 goals with Chelsea and establishing himself in
Paulinho has everything to shine and become an idol at Spurs. He has excelled early in the season and even scored a goal in his Tottenham debut in the Europa League against Dynamo Tbilisi. The midfielder has also been praised for his determination to learn the language and adapt to the culture of the country both on and off the pitch. In a recent interview with the club’s video channel, Spurs TV, the player spoke in English only, making a good impression to the reporter and supporters alike. With the characteristics of a midfielder who can also defend and attack, the Paulinho flawlessly performs what the English like to call the “box-tobox” style, similar to the style of Gerrard and Lampard.
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Sep 3rd – 16th 2013
HOMOPHOBIA
‘Controversial kiss’ exposes the intolerant side of football
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By Guilherme Reis
he Brazilian Championship, Brazil Cup (FA Cup equivalent) and South American Cup (UEFA Europe League equivalent) are all in full swing, though with little sign of the new World Cup stadiums near completion for the finals. But the biggest story of the lot has come from the ‘controversial kiss’ episode, which has highlighted some of the darker aspects in the so called ‘country of football’. First things first: Emerson, aka ‘Sheik’, is a football player for Corinthians. In what seemed to be a welcome demonstration of support to homosexual causes, he shared a photo of himself kissing a friend on Instagram. Almost immediately, the picture was being channelled around the internet and dividing opinions. A lot of commentators have congratulated Emerson for such a courageous demonstration, with many supporters of other clubs and even people who do not like the sport celebrating the fact that “yes, we can have tolerance for sexual orientation inside football”, which until now, both in Brazil and around the world has not openly accepted it, although everyone knows that there are homosexual players out there.
But, of course, the kiss has added fire to the dispute. Corinthians supporters use to call the São Paulo’s supporters ‘bambis’, which means gay in a very depreciative way. So after the Emerson kiss the ‘Corintianos’ had to deal with the jokes from ‘São-paulinos’ and other clubs fans, who have said “who wants to have a gay player in your team? It is such a shame, football is for men”.
The World Cup and Olympic country has to ask itself: what message can we transmit through sports? Emerson has become the target of very angry comments on internet, to which he had a very good first response. He said the demonstration was taken to spread a message of tolerance and
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Emerson ‘Sheik’ (left) kisses his friend
that the angry comments were an idiotic prejudice, for which he received support from his teammates and LGBT’s movements. Though this is not the end of the story. Organised supporters of Corinthians, such as Camisa 12 and Gaviões da Fiel (which can be compared to football gangs from the UK) protested in front of the training centre against Emerson, demanding him to apologise. They were allowed then to enter the training centre and talk with Emerson, who afterwards said, “sorry for offending the club’s supporters, that it was just a joke with a friend and that he is not ‘Sãopaulino’”. Though people should not recriminate the attitude of Emerson, who at least tried to be a different voice in what is a very homophobic environment, but to ask ourselves what message sports must to transmit. Issues like this are not exclusive to football, many people have voiced their concerns and protests over treat of homosexual athletes in Russia. Though at this time, it is even more
important to Brazil as it is receiving the biggest sport events in the next few years and carrying the responsibility to both show its cultural value and spread a legacy. Unfortunately, in this case, there has not been a satisfactory response from the confederation nor the football clubs especially Corinthians, which seemed to have denied the spirit of the ‘Democracia Corintiana’, when the players, inspired by the struggle against the dictatorship in 1980s, carried the message of democracy on to the pitch. So what aspects does this episode expose of the so called ‘country of football’? That football in the country can be very intolerant, and that there are few voices against this because most of the people simply accept it. The problem is that sometimes (many times, actually) the game of football has this power to reflect wider life, therefore in this case demonstrates that if we cannot have a more tolerant football culture, we cannot be a more tolerant and evolved country.
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