Since the last column on Brazil, much has changed. The most traditionally left-leaning continent on the planet has seen the election in its largest country of the most right-wing leader it has ever had. While Brazil faces an uncertain immediate future – to say nothing of how its place and policies might dramatically shift in […]
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Plot the key jurisdictions where hackers find the warmest welcome and you would likely come up with the usual suspects: Russia, China, Israel and so on. But one name sits a little incongruously on the list: Brazil. How is it that this state with no state-sponsored ‘hacker armies’, and not a major player in the
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The drones of today can be applied to many purposes. Surveillance footage of a suspected terrorist hideout? Certainly. Delivery of online shopping purchases? If you like. Finding out whether the big game formation will be 4-4-2 again? Hang about… At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, headlines were briefly made when the French national team
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It was only twelve months ago that Brazil was basking in the glory of holding the two most prestigious sporting events on the calendar: The World Cup and the Olympics. Now more than ever it seems that such events were only sticking plasters over a country suffering an epidemic of crime and corruption. The Maracana
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