Author Archive for Mery Galanternick
Outlook 2011: Brazil Jumps from Economic Stability to Economic Mobility
RIO DE JANEIRO — Few of Brazil’s leading executives are sitting as pretty as computer manufacturer Helio Rotenberg, whose company has swept to the top of sales partly on the tide of the millions of newly minted members of the middle class.
Ten Under Ten: Blue Skies Ahead
Low-cost airline takes off in Brazil
The Answers – Paulo Coelho
Theater director, actor, song writer and journalist Paulo Coelho is not only the best-selling Brazilian writer, but his novel “The Alchemist” was a 20th century literary phenomenon. Coelho, who was born and lives in Rio de Janeiro, has sold 100 million copies of his books worldwide.
Full Steam Ahead
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian authorities signaled their bullish outlook on the economy in August, when Finance Minister Guido Mantega changed the name of the government’s Commission on the Crisis – launched during the depths of the global financial slump – to the Commission on Competitiveness. Spurred on by revived consumer demand and better access [...]
Brazil Wants In On the Big Oil Club
Brazil, coming off one of the biggest oil finds of the decade, is positioning itself to play a major role in an energy hungry world.
