More Notes on the Ugly American and the Legend of the Limitless Tropical Fuckfest

“Pedophilia, Made in Brazil” (Carta Capital, March 26, 2008)
“I’m going way down South
Where a man can be free”
–”Hey, Joe”
Especialistas defendem políticas públicas mais eficazes para combater turismo sexual: “Experts advocate more effective policies against sexual tourism.”
This would be a typically humdrum “experts say” sort of story from Radiobrás, the state news agency, except for the [...]

Bolsa Familia: The Raw (Data) and the Cooked (Books)

“Bolsa Familia in the Headlines: An Analysis of the Treatment of Conditional Cash Transfers by the Brazilian News Media.” Source: World Bank, April 2008.
CartaCapital (Brazil) issues a familiar complaint this week: partisan bias in media coverage, at the expense of objective measures of policy results — in this case with respect to the Bolsa Familia [...]