Cord Jefferson looks at the aftermath of Sao Paulo's 2006 decision to ban every billboard, poster, and bus advertisment in the city:Five years later, have all the businesses in São Paulo gone under? Hardly. In fact, most citizens and some advertising
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Brazil’s First Female President Won in Part by Abandoning Previous Support for Liberalizing Abortion Laws
Salon.com: Brazil elects first female president, By Tracy Clark-Flory:
Dilma Rousseff, presidential candidate for the governing Workers Party, greets supporters as she leaves a polling station
Dilma Rousseff marks another milestone for women's global political presenceWell, here's occasion to…
ILN-terviews: Sueli Avellar Fonseca, Nehring e Associados, Advocacia
Welcome to ILN-terviews, a series of profiles of ILN member firm attorneys, designed to give a unique insight into the lawyers who make up our Network. For our latest interview, we chose ILN member, Sueli Avellar Fonseca of Nehring e Associados, Advocacia…
World Bank Predicts Economic Crisis Will Lead to Stunning Decline in Global Trade
The Wall Street Journal reports that World Bank President Robert Zoellick said Saturday that the ongoing financial crisis will likely lead to a “stunning” decline in global trade for the first time in 27 years.Speaking at a briefing during the…
Scientific American: “Visiting Pope steps into abortion battle in Brazil”
Via Scientific American.com:At a dilapidated clinic in a gritty section of Sao Paulo, doctors know that many of the pregnant Bolivian immigrants, shantytown dwellers and prostitutes they treat will go on to seek abortions elsewhere.Abortion is illegal in Brazil, the…