Rio de Janeiro: 25°C, hot, sunny and a little overcast. It’s a bank holiday, but it seems like a Sunday. I don’t know why. I…
Lula and Brazil | The Turmoil Continues
The Eve of Brazil’s Independence Day
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 28oC, hot, Sunny and slightly overcast. It’s the middle of the week again. Half of the week has passed, and the…
Teaching, Negotiating Fees, and Paying Off Debts
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30 °C, hot, sunny, cloudy and unsettled. Friday is the eve of the weekend and, coincidently, the eve of the new…
The Struggles of Living in Brazil
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro: 30 °C, hot, sunny and stormy. I have caught up on the back entries from my journal; now I am all…