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Brazilian Research Initiative The Brazilian Research Initiative provides email every week or two weeks as new posts go up. Our most recent post went online yesterday: https://brazilresearchinitiative.org/the-rise-of-the-pcc/ Interested readers can subscribe by going to brazilresearchinitiative.org and placing their email address in the “Subscribe to our blog” box at the bottom of the right hand side of the page.    Economy       Petrobras receives $45M in Vitol Corruption Settlement    Boeing 737 Max Resumes Flying U.S. Passengers After 2-Year Halt. American Airlines used the plane, which was grounded in March 2019 after two fatal crashes, on a flight from Miami to New York.   Can Anything Stop Brazil’s Massive Oil Boom?   Education CAPES amplia sistema de pós-graduação em 2020. Atualmente o sistema conta com 99,6 mil bolsistas no país e no exterior    Os surpreendentes legados positivos que 2020 deixa na educação em ano quase ‘perdido’ Ano foi de duras perdas duras de aprendizado, principalmente para as crianças mais vulneráveis, mas também de 'reinvenção' da docência e de aprovação de um fundo mais robusto de financiamento à educação pública.     Como a Lei de Cotas incentivou a migração de alunos para o ensino médio público   Gender Argentina legaliza aborto até a 14ª semana de gestação 4º país da América Latina a permitir   Health  Brazil extends zero import tax on products to fight coronavirus to June 30       Brazil reports 58718 new coronavirus cases, 1111 additional deaths  Media Resume of Opinions Democracia Política e Reformismo. Política e cultura segundo o ponto de vista democrático e reformista. Blog by Gilvan Cavalcanti de Melo of Leading Brazilian Columnists (from 2008 to the present). The blog as well as the columnists are updated daily. To open, click on the highlighted title. To ensure you have the current issue, scroll to the far right side of Gilvan’s page, then scroll down to “Arquivo do Blog;” Open to the year, month, and then click on the current date (or any past date of preference).   Investigative Journalism Reports https://www.nexojornal.com.br/   News Items about Media PoderData mostra queda de confiança dos brasileiros na imprensa Desconfiança sobe 10 pontos percentuais 40% dos brasileiros usam sites de notícias para se informar, mostra PoderData. Bolsonaristas consomem menos jornais   Politics Balanço atualizado Após 2 anos de governo, quais promessas Bolsonaro cumpriu? Página especial do G1 mostra o que presidente prometeu e o que pode ser claramente cobrado e medido.   Sources Here are three files courtesy of David Fleischer that you will find useful when studying Brazil: 1) Political/Diplomatic/Economic Events & Dates compiled for  2019; 2) Political/Diplomatic/Economic Events & Dates – Projections for 2020; 3) Glossary – 136 pp. – Symbols, Abbreviations, Acronyms & Terms used in Brazil.   Government A website with basic information can be found here: http://www.brasil.gov.br/ and within it http://www.brasil.gov.br/home-1/ultimas-noticias. http://www.brasil.gov.br/estados provides information about States Data Available to Public  Government website with extensive information: Embassy of Brazil in London http://londres.itamaraty.gov.br/     Other Sources BBC Brasil Portugues  CartaCapital  Correio Braziliense   Correio da Cidadania El País Brasil  Época  EXAME   O Estado de Minas O Estado de São Paulo  Folha de São Paulo  O Globo Google Trends - Google Trends tells users how frequently any word or phrase has been searched in different locations at different times ISTOÉ ISTOÉ Dinheiro Jornal do Comércio Poder 360  Valor Econômico     Revista Veja        uol.com.br Zero Hora Expanded list of newspapers in Brazil. Click on links for details. A google search reports that there are 465 newspapers circulated daily in Brazil. Sources of Tweets and other nontraditional means of communications Non-traditional sources change daily, as do proposed rules regulating them. For information, search for “@name of person” and compare it to any other person or “@” to see the frequency of current searches. Assistance in reading the NewsletterOnBrazil Note: Using Google Translate converts the article in Portuguese to English, and can also be used to convert articles in other languages to Portuguese. For example, click on the link to the article "Inside a Brazilian Chapel Made Out of Wine". "Atlasobscura.com" will appear. Click on this, and "https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/brazil-wine-church" appears. Click "Copy" and paste this item into Google Translate, above. Select the ""From" and "To" languages, and then click on the box with the translated article ("To)" and the article in the desired language will appear. Dictionary: https://www.lexilogos.com/english/index.htm If a link to a story does not work when you click on it, place the link in your browser to access and read the story. In some cases, this will be necessary only after a reader has used the link without problems for a limited number of stories per month. Folha provides a notice about the number of times per month. Estadao turns its page black.

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