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Interests: Development Economics, Social Democracy, Literature. Chicago, Madrid, Tokyo, Sao Paulo. Follow =\= endorsement

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@JuneVanBloem How many videos/photos of huge crowds of Brazil fans going nuts in Dhaka would you like me to share?

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@real_Miroslav @Efisio_Scalas @BrianMcDonaldIE @jaccocharite I was there in 2018 for the Cup and almost every single WC aficionado I came across agreed Brazil 2014 had been better. Korea/Japan 2002 also much talked about as a very successful tournament.

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@rufagari De superbes images. J’ai hâte de voir des images des Congolais célébrant le premier but du Brésil pendant la Coupe du monde.

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I say this every four years: the Brazilian National Team is a jewel, a treasure of the Global South. From the dusty roads of rural Jamaica to the engorged streets of Dhaka, people see something of themselves and their aspirations in the yellow jersey.

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Vito @uaivito A febre brasileira está conquistando o planeta inteiro. Aqui em Porto Vila, capital de Vunuatu, localizada bem longe na Oceania, no Oceano Pacífico, perto da Austrália... A população já comemora as vitórias e as partidas de participação da Seleção Brasileira, mesmo antes do início do Campeonato.

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@Etanarachel The very concept of indigeneity as understood by many in the post/decolonial space is a mirage. Ultimately it’s Blut und Boden in the guise of “historical justice”

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@OfficerPsf @PedroBeltrao180 If Brazil had sent land forces to Europe he’d have found a way to sneak in as a teenager

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Few figures in Brazilian history are beloved by both ends of the political spectrum. It is amusing that one of those was Lt. Siqueira Campos, much admired by members of the Brazilian Communist Party and the generals of the 1964 military dictatorship.

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@eris_nerung Ah fair enough

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@eris_nerung “Trabalho com investimentos” they always keep it vague

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@PedroBeltrao180 @OfficerPsf Both the 18 do Forte and the Prestes Column were borderline-insane endeavors, and he was deeply involved in both. He spent his entire youth trying to destroy the Old Republic and didn’t live to see it thrown into the dustbin of history.

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@PedroBeltrao180 @OfficerPsf Very few people in history ally a keen intellect, deep intellectual curiosity and profound sensibility with physical courage, tactical acumen and soldierly vigor. Siqueira had all that and was also the baddest motherfucker to come out of the Sao Paulo coffee fields.

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@OfficerPsf Well, yes, but many others died prematurely and didn’t get a Tolstoyesque romance written about their lives and struggles.

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@eris_nerung IMHO Rio is actually regaining relevance now in a way it’d be unimaginable in the late 1990s

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@ricardoalatorre Indeed. Not a single thing in the original tweet is true or accurate. It’s truly a work of art. Re: crime, the only two countries in the region where it does pose an existential threat to the state are Colombia and Mexico, and in both cases a conventional military is needed.

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I don’t mean to be dismissive but why is it that so many American intellectuals/policymakers/pundits turn stupid the moment the conversation turns to Latin America?

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It's crazy that any country in Latin America has a conventional military. Just a spectacular waste of resources in a region where the existential threat is not war, but crime.

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@kisstheblade_ It may have been the cradle of like 4 of the top 5 worst movements and coalitions in Brazilian political history, but I can only shudder at the kind of dystopian plantation state Brazil would be had it gone the way of Costa Rica in, say, 1850.

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@jcaetanoleite My impression is that in Brazil there are less options and the contrast is starker: either a PUC/FGV or a cheap, low-quality private uni. I don’t mention the federais here as these seem a world apart.

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@jcaetanoleite Very good post, but one thing I’d add: there’s a much wider range of higher-ed institutions in the US. Below the Ivies are dozens of world-class public universities, then smaller liberal arts colleges, and so on, before you reach the for-profit schools.

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@eris_nerung @luispombo_ A bay area without rationalist sharehouses, now that’s a place worth visiting

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@eris_nerung @luispombo_ where is this