EVENT: The Road to Copenhagen: Perspectives on Brazil, China and India

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Brazil Institute

The Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
Environmental Defense Fund

and
Ronald Reagan International Trade Center
Invite you to a panel discussion on
The Road to Copenhagen:
Perspectives on Brazil, China and India

Monday, October 26th – 3:30 to 5:30 PM,
Ronald Reagan International Convention Center
Pavilion Room, 2nd floor
Please find directions to [...]

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President Lula receives Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Brazil Institute

Last Monday, Sept 21st, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service in a dinner chaired by Eike Batista (chairman and CEO of the Brazilian EBX Group) and Rex Tillerson (chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil). At the dinner were 320 guests with varied backgrounds from politicians to journalists [...]

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Brasilianistas na Europa

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Brazil Institute

A rede de estudiosos do Brasil na Europa, criada sob os auspícios da Fundação Cultural Hispano-Brasileira, em outubro de 2007, apresenta o Congresso O Brasil em debate: contradições da modernidade.
A ser realizado nos dias 19-21 de novembro de 2008, o Congresso contará com mesas temáticas sobre língua, literatura e artes; política e sociologia; história e [...]

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Announcement – “Latin America Today: International Symposium on Inequality and Identity”

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Brazil Institute

Latin America Today: International Symposium on Inequality and Identity
Dates: 16 June 2009
Location: Auditorio Alberto Carvalho da Silva, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Theme:
Through an interdisciplinary analysis of a region with extreme inequality, the symposium hopes to provide a stage for a debate on the relationship between inequality and identity in contemporary political, [...]

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Event: “New Challenges of Constitutional Adjudication in Brazil”

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Brazil Institute

The Brazil Institute invites you to attend the event
“New Challenges of Constitutional Adjudication in Brazil” (PDF)
FEATURING
Minister Gilmar Mendes
President of the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil
INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTS BY
Judge Peter J. Messitte
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
WELCOME REMARKS
Paulo Sotero
Director of the Brazil Institute
WHEN
Friday, October 24, 2008
3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
WHERE
5th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson [...]

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