Falklands Still A Hot Spot In A Cold Southern Ocean

January 25, 2012

The Falklands are still a global hot spot. The U.S. and Brazil could get dragged into the long-running Anglo-Argentine dispute.

What Brazil’s No-Tell Motels Tell Us

January 14, 2011

The highways leading into any large Brazilian city offer many motel options, but be warned: The experience will not be anything like staying at a Holiday Inn Express along Interstate 95. Brazilian motels do not tout free wi-fi or continental breakfast, or even the prospect of a good night’s rest. They tout sex — and they are not subtle about it. The places typically have names like “Aphrodite” or “Unlimited …

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The Industrial Heart Of The Rain Forest

The Industrial Heart Of The Rain Forest January 4, 2011

MANAUS, Brazil — A cloudburst heralding the start of the rainy season had just passed, leaving us with a free afternoon and comfortable conditions to see one of the Amazon River’s more impressive sights. All we needed was a boat and someone to drive it. An enterprising hotel concierge made the arrangements. Less than an hour later, after a brief stop at a floating gas station (complete with convenience store) …

In Hot Pursuit Of Publicity

August 13, 2010

Teams are in place in 35 Brazilian cities, ready to launch as soon as any of 50 global positioning devices begins to move. Technicians can follow the signal and arrive at any house in the country within days, sometimes hours. “They may get to your house as soon as you do,” said Fernando Figueiredo, the head of the operation. Figueiredo is not the chief of an elite crime fighting squad, …

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How Low Interest Rates Sap Economic Growth

June 14, 2010

Conventional wisdom tells us we need record-low interest rates to help the global economy recover from the Great Recession and bring about a more prosperous future. Let me respectfully point out that, in this country, we have had low interest rates — ranging from pretty low to astonishingly, jaw-droppingly low — for the past 15 years, and we have arrived at a future that is not what we were aiming …

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