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Rodrigo de AlmeidaRodrigo de Almeida is a Brazilian political journalist, and a researcher at Núcleo de Estudos do Empresariado, Instituições e Capitalismo (Center of Studies of Entrepreneurial, Institutions and Capitalism / NEIC-Iuperj) in Rio de Janeiro. He was a visiting scholar at the New School for Social Research in New York. He co-edited (with Arthur Ituassu) the book O Brasil tem jeito? (Jorge Zahar, 2006). Recent articlesBrazil: the shadow of urban war The corrosive conflict between state-security forces and drug-gangs in Rio de Janeiro will remain a challenge to Brazilian society long after the current Pan American Games have ended, says Rodrigo de Almeida. Benedict XVI in Brazil: raising the Catholic flagThe shifting religious landscape of Brazil presents a major challenge of policy and empathy to the visiting conservative pope, says Rodrigo de Almeida. Brazil, the United States and ethanolBiofuel production could offer Brasilia and Washington a source of partnership rather than of conflict, says Rodrigo de Almeida. Brazil in the world: principle and practiceBrazil's foreign-policy priorities need to adapt to changing circumstances in Lula's second term, says Rodrigo de Almeida. |
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