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Janer Cristaldo

Readers ask me if I'm not going to comment on the infamous Decree 7,037 establishing the National Human Rights Program, the last gasp of the Kremlin's widows in a Brazil where the essence of the air is still red. (Le fond de l'air est rouge, as the 1968 rich kids used to say in Paris).

To be honest, I wasn't going to comment. The mainstream media is strongly denouncing the miniconstituent d… Continue

Washington Araújo

Accessing the Internet is becoming as much a routine as brushing your teeth first thing in the morning. While we sleep the world keeps happening and if it happens it must be a record of it in a news portal or some blog.

Famous people seem to die first on the Internet. A shameful situation involving a celebrity takes on an air of tragedy first on the Internet. And if you think a… Continue

Ana Paula da Silva

When African Americans talk about traveling to Brazil, two types of tourism tend to be discussed. On the one hand, there is a growing interest in so-called "heritage tourism" to Salvador da Bahia, supposedly Brazil's blackest city. On the other, there's the "scandal" of what author Jewel Woods has called black America's best kept secret: black male sexual tourism in Rio de Janeiro.… Continue

By Reinaldo Azevedo

Were it not for this kind of collective abduction that we are all subjected to with "The Man" doing as he pleases over the institutions - and the public morality - the case of the Rafale fighter jets would be treated for what it is: a scandal, perhaps Lula administration's largest one. It is not like that because I want to. That's the way it is.

India has opened an international tend… Continue

Getting aid to Haiti right away to save lives is the first goal of the fund-raising initiative headed by George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, the two former U.S. presidents say.
In a pre-recorded interview broadcast Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," Bush and Clinton said the new fund created by President Barack Obama also seeks to ensure that money keeps coming in after the new… Continue

Google has unveiled plans today to allow Google Docs to store any type of files, and revealed a new tool from Memeo to enable users to access, migrate, and synchronize files between their desktop and Google Docs. These announcements signify a broader strategy by Google to help business customers bridge the gap between the desktop and the cloud.
Google has been aggressively… Continue

With complaints about its online-only support for the new Nexus One smartphone piling up, Google said it is moving as quickly as possible to address customer dissatisfaction.
The company's support forum is loaded with complaints about spotty 3G coverage from carrier partner T-Mobile, a lack of information on delivery status after a phone is purchased and getting the run around w… Continue

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina loaned $2.5 million of her own money to her campaign for the U.S. Senate, an indication she's willing to invest significant personal resources to unseat Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.
Fiorina also raised nearly $1.1 million in donations during her first two months in the race. After expenses, that gives her about $2.7 million going into… Continue