Brazil’s Giddy Convergence

I decided to write about the article Brazil’s Giddy Convergence (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/opinion/05iht-edcohen05.html?_r=1&ref=brazil ) because it is about something my family and I have been experiencing in the last 5 years or more. My father is an American citizen and came to live in Brazil when he was only seven years old. I asked him to read the article and he was very impressed with how true he felt the article was. He said it was as if he has written it.

In the recent years we have been visiting the USA on a regular basis. My aunt lives in New York and my godfather lives in Miami, so whenever we can, we visit them. It is a common notion that the Brazilian government has given its population more means for consumption, however they are not providing what is most in need: citizenship. The lower and middle class Brazilians still suffer with poor public services (schools, hospitals, transportation) and the more educated portion of the population has clear understanding that this sudden increase in spending capacity is only a way to trick the people to believe their lives are better.

This carries the population into a false identity, believing that from night to day they have been accepted to an exclusive club of developed countries. When I go to the USA I see a country where the population respects simple rules, such as not throwing garbage on the sidewalk or crossing the street when the pedestrian light is green. I think the big problem in Brazil is that nobody understands their rights and their duties. This is why citizenship is not strong in Brazil. You cannot make someone a good citizen just by giving them money. The country must build new hospitals, new schools, better roads and subways. The country must invest in better education, better health, better transportation. Only then can the Brazilian population be proud of being Brazilian.

I wish Brazil and Brazilians would work more towards being good citizens. Everybody likes a clean, safe city, where you can count on the public services for at least the minimum of what you need. Brazil has always been a country of happy people, where many different cultures blend into one. The music, the dances, the art and food and habits… they are always inviting and open, almost naïve. All of the beautiful things of Brazil are being ruined by violence and lack of civility. I think that countries which have good citizenship practices normally have low violence rates. I don’t have the exact information but I invite the readers of this blog to participate sending information showing if I am right or wrong.

Ana Cecilia Krause, Marcela Mascaro, Gustavo Agoston

Ny Time , pilots

Pilots Avoid Jail in Brazil CrashBy THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: May 16, 2011
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SÃO PAULO, Brazil — A Brazilian federal judge on Monday sentenced two American pilots involved in a fatal air crash over the Amazon rain forest in 2006 to community service.

Judge Murilo Mendes sentenced the pilots, Joseph Lepore and Jan Paul Paladino, to four years and four months of prison in a “semi-open” facility for their role in the collision between the Legacy private jet they were flying and a Gol Boeing 737-800, which resulted in 154 deaths. But the judge commuted the sentences to community service to be served in the United States, where the pilots reside.
Brazilian authorities accused the pilots of turning off the Legacy’s transponder moments before the accident and turning it on again only after the crash. In a deposition taken in the United States by Brazilian authorities via videoconference the men denied that the equipment had been turned off.
Judge Mendes, in the 86-page sentence, said the pilots had failed to verify the function of equipment for more than an hour, a length of time he called “an eternity” in aviation.
An Brazilian air traffic controller had been previously convicted in the case of a crime equivalent to manslaughter.


Pilots Avoid Jail in Brazil Crash By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The accident ocurred in 2006 in Amazonia, Brazil.
Two jets a Legacy and a Gol Boeing 737-800 which resulted in 154 deaths.
The accident occurred because Joseph Lepore and Jan Paul Paladino were accused of turning off the transponder minutes before the accident and turns it minutes after the hit.
I chose this news because, on the day of the accident I saw on TV, but I wanted to know more details, then looked at the site of the New York Times
Brazilians were treated with respect for the NY times, the news does not talk about Brazilian culture. Only describe the event. I liked the news, I thought well portrayed

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/world/americas/17brazil.html?ref=brazil

Jose Augusto Hindi 1anoA

On an Island in Brazil, a Real Estate Boom Lingers

On an Island in Brazil, a Real Estate Boom Lingers

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/08/greathomesanddestinations/08iht-reflorian08.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&ref=brazil&adxnnlx=1315318433-alR1xa8O64dApazmECRVRQ

We chose this article because we are interested in the subject. He talks about a Florianopolis city well known by Brazilians and tourists around the world. What do you think about this article?

Reading the report we saw it was not very compatible to the idea that crossed our minds about what was going to be in the text. The text is very interesting for those who like to have a home or staying in houses, apartments or hotels, they know the price. And also says that it is very expensive for both Brazilians and for tourists.

The news about a man, Mr. Keeling of North Americans, out of his job in 2004 and was surfing in Florianopolis, but left the surf to buy or sell homes, we were very lucky that there already is one of the most beautiful places of Brazil and so many people want the house, it houses quite a price increase, moreover, is one of the international surfing competition, the view is beautiful from any location, culture and quite varied, there are many things to do, like going to the beach or sand dunes, is a place with little violence, a little dirt on the beaches, and as have many European immigrants, blue eyes and blonde hair are abundant there. The media people who live in this island of 53 km is 420,000 people.

ana beatriz e bruna

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/13/world/americas/13brazil.html?ref=brazil

Foreigners Follow Money to Booming Brazil, Land of $35 Martini

The article talks about some American people coming to Brazil due to its economic boom on August 12th,2011 .

We chose this article because we are proud Brazilians and we like to see articles about Brazil having an economic boom.

Brazil= lots o’ money.

So... what do you think about this article?

Gabriel Sverner E Guilherme Reis.

The best soccer player in the U.S? No, it's not that guy

The link that we found the article is: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/11/sports/soccer/11iht-soccer11.html?ref=brazil

The text talks about who is the highest paid soccer player in the world today (6/09/2011). The conflict is that David Beckham and Marta Vieira da Silva are both good on soccer. But Marta has been seen as the best soccer player in the world, nonetheless, David earns more money than her, and this is unfair.

We chose this text because we thought that is an interesting article, and that is unfair what they are doing with Marta, we were entertained by it.

NY times portrayed the Brazilian culture very well, showing the necessary facts to explain what was going on in the country.

Do you think that this case is fair or unfair?