20th November 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
The First Secretary for Prosperity at the British Embassy in Brazil, NneNne Iwuji-eme, made a speech this week at the Fundação Escola de Sociologia in São Paulo during lectures about racial relations in Brazil and the UK. Since today is Black Awareness Day in Brazil, we would like to share her speech with you: The subject of […]
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31st October 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
Guestpost by Adam Dady We’re lucky that when positions arise in the Embassy, we get lots of applications from talented people (to join the many who already work here). Since I joined the Political Team two years ago, I’ve interviewed for jobs across the Embassy on average every two months. I thought I’d share some […]
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22nd October 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
Guestpost by Rui Lopes The anxious wait for the rain that now permeates the mind of people in São Paulo and Rio brings back memories of my childhood in the arid north-eastern Brazil, where the rain is a sign of continuity of life and prosperity. The current drought experienced in the Brazilian Southeast region is unfortunately […]
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26th September 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
It’s not often that one identifies similarities between Brazil and Scotland (although beautiful beaches and a love of delicious deep fried food are 2 things that spring to mind – Scots would love Coxinha and Pão de Queijo, although I’m not sure if Brazilians would take to deep fried Mars Bars or sunbathing at Luskentyre), […]
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18th July 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
The World Cup is over for almost a week now. People are now dealing with “game abstinence”. Or the five stages of grief, depending on how much involved with it you were. I’m not really a football person (my go-to sport being volleyball), but it was impossible to not be involved in the World Cup […]
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20th February 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
On 5-7 February I had the opportunity to participate in an international seminar on good legislative practice in Brasília. The seminar was organized by the British Embassy, Brazil’s Federal Senate, ALESFE (the association of lawyers and consultants of the Brazilian Senate), the Brazilian Legislative Institute (ILB), and Interlegis, the ILB’s programme for the professional training […]
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6th February 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
During the pre-opening of the “David Bowie is” exhibition for the press, Alex Ellis, British Ambassador to Brazil, began his speech by saying that Bowie is “international, global and ‘very British’”. The ambassador’s words made me think about how Bowie translates perfectly the reasons that make the UK, and the British culture as a whole, […]
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3rd January 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
Cultural relations are actions inserted in the practical reality of every internationalist, diplomat or political scientist. These relations have expanded, and the specialist has the opportunity to contemplate an extensive range of themes that show the need for adjustment, organisation and interaction with the world, by means of a constant demand of economic and cultural exchange.
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26th December 2013
Brasilia, Brazil
Nowadays, communication includes the freedom to express opinions in the Internet information environment and the freedom to discover them. That is to say, the freedom to speak and to hear. Moreover, this online environment gives a new perspective to what was once referred to as “word of mouth”. Now we might be tempted to call […]
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17th December 2013
Brasilia, Brazil
The following is a guest post by Dr. Michael Dixon. When I first visited Brazil over two years ago as part of a UKTI Creative Industries Trade Mission, I was struck by the breadth of opportunities for the Natural History Museum. So I recently visited the country again and met with government ministries, research funders, […]
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