Foreign Policy

criticizes the first year of Lula’s economic policy. On the one hand, it shows that the Lula’s promises of change (such as, to solve the social problems of the country, to assure self-sustained growth, to reduce the unemployment rate and to promote the distribution of wealth) have turned into simple rhetoric, Indic. Econ. FEE, Porto Alegre, v. 32, n. 1, p. 243-252, maio 2004 244 Gentil Corazza; Fernando Ferrari Filho especially in terms of economic policy, which, up until…

enormous public sector threaten to jeopardise Brazil's economic growth, as employers will be less keen to hire new workers. Opportunities Brazil's massive mineral and oil wealth combined with solid sovereign dynamics will maintain solid foreign investment levels into the country. The successful bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, only two years after the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, should also keep investor interest in Brazil firmly anchored. A recently passed public

sob o ponto de vista da vaidade pessoal, eu passei o Barão do Rio Branco em número de dias no ministério. Sou o ministro mais longo da história do Itamaraty e o segundo mais longevo de todos. Só o Gustavo Capanema ficou mais tempo do que eu. O "Foreign Affairs" me colocou como o melhor chanceler do mundo. Honestamente, o que mais eu posso querer? É melhor sair no ápice do que esperar acontecer alguma coisa. O que é o ápice? Você lê qualquer jornal internacional, mesmo os que são…

Chiarelli, Director of MAM and curator of the exhibition alongside Rejane Cintrão. "The idea is to place side by side with the design and art creations that operate on the edge." Hence the title of the exhibition. The show marks the beginning of a new policy of the museum. "In addition to exhibitions, we plan to open the collection to design pieces," says the director, who wants to organize an exhibition with works by young designers, still with no name defined. "The design with which…

significativos. Palavras-Chave: Setor Bancário, Crédito, Estratégias Bancárias Abstract: This paper brings some new evidence on the banking behavior concerning credit, using bank-level data of the thirteen largest banks located in Brazil (domestic and foreign). After a brief overview of the literature on the Brazilian banking sector restructuring (following the Real Plan) and lending behavior, we implement a panel data analysis on our sample, from March 2001 to June 2006. The main…

Artigo A política externa brasileira e a “circunstância democrática”: do silêncio respeitoso à politização ruidosa Brazilian foreign policy and the “democratic circumstance”: from respectful silence to noisy politicization dAwisson Belém loPes* rev. Bras. Polít. int. 54 (1): 67-86 [2011] “A política não é um problema de episteme, mas de doxa.” (CASTORIADIS, 2004, 212) Introdução Os anos 1990 iniciaram-se com Fernando Collor de Mello a ocupar a presidência do Brasil. Sua posse…

Brazilian Ministry of External Relations matches with a politically favorable moment for examining the legacy of the patron of the Brazilian Diplomacy, especially concerning the United States and the Río de la Plata, the two main axes of Brazilian foreign relations. It examines the content of the relations with the hemisphere’s hegemonic power and the oscillating nature of the relations with Argentina. Using primary and bibliographic sources, the author aims to demonstrate that, in…

This paper deal with the relationship between the explicit policy of innovation and a key factor of implicit policy: the macroeconomic. The interactions between these two policies have a major implication for the process of economic development of countries. Innovation policy is very important to the process of productive development of nations and it’s interaction with macroeconomic policy is fundamental for it’s success. Macroeconomic policy has an important role in providing a…

development policy on rare earths, which culminated in getting cheaper production techniques, thus becoming the world's leading producer of these elements, having today about 97% of the world market for rare earths. In addition, it noted the implementation of strategic policies with a focus on adding value to the Chinese product, attraction measures and promotion of industrial activity within the domestic market in China, as export quotas, a new export tariff and attraction of foreign…

Middle Eastern policy derives from the activities of the “Israel Lobby”, which has managed to divert it as far from what the national interest would suggest, convincing Americans that US interests and those of Israel are identical. The article states that neither shared strategic interests nor compelling moral imperatives can account for the remarkable level of material and diplomatic support provided to Israel by US government. KEYWORDS: Israel; United States; Middle East; foreign…