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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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17th February 2014
This post was published when the author was in a previous role
The first few weeks of the year can be slow for many of us, waiting for the busy times to kick in. That’s certainly the theme of a ‘Calendario Brasileiro 2014’ which I see flying around on social media, suggesting we may only have a couple of working months in the year as a whole, […]
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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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31st January 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
The staff of the UK Department for International Development in Brasil went through a complete change in less than a year. The team has now a new face and even though each member has his/her own personality and experience, we all share the common goal of working with cooperation and international development in search of […]
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24th January 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
Exactly three years ago, I was visiting Aswan, in the south of Egypt, with two friends. We wanted a break from the 6-week volunteer programme we were doing. We went out for dinner and on our way back to the hotel some images on a TV shop caught our attention: an ocean of people gathering […]
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17th January 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
In December 2013, I was fortunate enough to be invited to Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia by the British Consulate in Rio and the British Embassy in Brasilia. As an accessible travel writer and a wheelchair user myself, I was particularly interested in exploring accessibility in Rio, the city that is to host the Olympic […]
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7th January 2014
Brasilia, Brazil
Located in the state of Bahia, Salvador is a Brazilian city whose population is mostly composed of afro-descendants. These afro-descendant women have always had a distinct position either as head of the household or working informally. It is reasonable to say that they were the first individual entrepreneurs in Brazil. For a long time, […]
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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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20th December 2013
Brasilia, Brazil
The British Diplomatic Mission has one of the highest number of interns among other missions in Brazil. The partnership with Brazilian higher education institutions started in 2006. Currently there are 36 interns working in our different posts across the country. This is one of the best internship programmes available in the field of International Relations, my area […]
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