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BRAZIL
The story of a man who decided living on the streets in one of the 2014 World Cup host cities >> Pg03
Sep 17th – 30th 2013 LONDON EDITION
Brazilian Film Festival is back for its 5th edition at Odeon Covent Garden from September 27th >> Pg15
www.brazilianpost.org • Issue n. 93
IT’S TIME TO ROCK IN RIO
Directly from Rio de Janeiro, The Brazilian Post correspondents Rosa Bittencourt and Sindy Suzuki report on the Brazil’s biggest music festival, which this year received around 300,000 people on the first weekend. Discover who has played at the festival so far and what the United Kingdom, especially London has to do with that.
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Front Page ROCK IN RIO
Fans go crazy in three days full of music City of Rock received nearly 300 thousand people; audience went wild with presentations of Ivete Sangalo, Beyoncé, Marky Ramone, Muse and Justin Timberlake By Rosa Bittencourt and Sindy Suzuki – from Rio de Janeiro to TBP
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hree nights of Rock in Rio Festival made it clear: such events have guaranteed public - with critics reduced to the infrastructure of the biggest musical event of the planet
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or almost three years I have been side by side with The Brazilian Post. A professional and personal life decision that made me embark on a journey in which many challenges have been overcome, others are being faced and sure many others are yet to come. All of these challenges this are clarified in every issue that hits the streets, because through them we can identify each step forward with hard work and dedication. With the last edition, it was no different. In the 15-day period between the two editions, we had the clarity of the fruit we grew through emails, calls and compliments received,
Keys, who called Brazilian singer Maria Gadu to sing “Fallin”, and English Jessie J, who sang with the Brazil flag and interacted with the fans off the stage. Before her, who opened the evening was the Brazilian band Jota Quest.
Saturday, day of rock at RiR
More than 300,000 people attended at the first weekend of Rock in Rio Festival
and praise to the hills for musicians that alternated between the World Stage and Sunset Stage. Almost 300,000 people visited the City of Rock, mounted in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, in the first three nights of the festival. The music marathon continues on Thursday (19), Friday (20), Saturday (21) and Sunday (22). Another 300 thousand people are expected.
On the last night of the first weekend of RiR, Sunday 15th, who thrilled the crowd of fans was the singer Justin Tinberlake, the last to perform. He began his concert playing guitar and immediately sang one of his most famous songs: “Like I Love You.” The audience went wild on the World Stage. Before him, two singers also razed: Alicia
The Sunset Stage guaranteed the fun on the rock day of Rock in Rio, starting with the unusual partnership between BNegão and Autoramas, which yielded, among other gems, a rock and roll version of “Let’s Groove Tonight” by Earth, Wind and Fire. To complete, they did a cover of “Surfin’ Bird”, immortalized by the Ramones. The last alive Ramone, by the way, was the most important and influential attraction that day. Accompanied by vocalist Michale Graves, Marky Ramone played classics like “Sheena is a punk rocker” and “I wanna be sedated”. Following, Detonautas, Zelia Duncan and Zeca Baleiro paid a tribute to Brazilian singer Raul Seixas. One of the most awaited attractions was the Californian band Offspring, which featured a punk rock of high quality, bringing classics like “All I want”, “ Original Prankster”, “ Pretty fly for a white guy”, “The kids aren’t all right” and “Why don’t you get a job?”. Continued on page 8 >>
EDITORIAL proving that we follow the right path in our journey. To hone the necessary changes in the process of consolidating a glocal communication vehicle, we had a substantial change to support the quality and the format in which we work. The Web Portal of The Brazilian Post becomes www.brazilianpost.org. In this edition, directly from Rio de Janeiro, the correspondents Rosa Bittencourt and Sindy Suzuki make you feel a part of Rock in Rio, festival that gathered until now almost 300,000 people. Besides rescuing the history of the biggest music festival in Brazil and point out why London
and the United Kingdom is part of this celebration. Since you’re already used to, our page 3 is a space for reflection on relevant topics to Brazil. This time, we deepen the discussion about the homeless life, especially in the South, in Porto Alegre city. Through the report of Tiago Lobo, you can understand a little bit why, while for some living on the streets is absurd, for others it is an option. If you went on the outskirts of Somerset House, you know London has an atmosphere during Fashion Week! Check out pages 22 and 23 of TBP Guide for impressions of our Cool Hunter Zaza Oliva.
Furthermore, our usual tips of cultural events! In the September and October we can say that Brazil is more present than ever in the cultural scene in the UK, with the Brazilian Film Festival, CASA Latin American Theatre Festival, Flipside and Festival Circular for teenagers. Yes, we keep walking! Enjoy the edition! Ana Toledo Editor in Chief ana@brazilianpost.org
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ON THE STREET
The life of Loreni Alves da Silva For most people, living on the streets is absurd. However, for a small percentage of people staying and sleeping under bridges becomes an attractive option. This is the story of a young man who had to make this choice and lives a very different life in one of the host cities of the 2014 World Cup
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By Tiago Lobo oreni’s life is not what you might expect of someone considered homeless, he is clean in appearance and does not beg for money in order to pay for his needs. Even though he is illiterate, his monthly salary is more than many teachers of the Southern State of Rio Grande do Sul and he has savings in the bank. His profession? Recycling waste collector. With what he earns collecting garbage, Loreni Alves da Silva, age 40, could rent an apartment in a popular area, but this is not even a consideration for him. The street is all he knows, he has spent 35 years living this existence, home is a tent that cost 130 reais (£35) which he can take wherever he needs. The last time I saw him, his current address was in the city centre, in front of the Fire Department. Originally from Tenente Portela city, his documents only show his mother’s name, Clair Alves da Silva, a Guarani Indian who died when Loreni was just five. He prefers not to discuss this time, which marked the beginning of his precarious life. Instead of going to live with his father, the Kaingang Indian Armando Almeida, and his other 23 brothers in an
Loreni: a life on the streets (Photo: by Tiago Lobo)
indigenous reserve, the green-eyed little boy took to the street and had to learn how to survive. Despite living on the margins of society for most of his life, Loreni does everything that the “people from the buildings” do. He wakes up at 6am and walks to work. Or, in some cases, the work comes to him: paper, plastic, aluminium and everything else that can be sold for his main source of income. He says that he earns, per day, an average 100 reais (£25). Loreni’s life has not been without dark times. Perhaps it was the lack of education and guidance of elders that led him to think that cocaine grows in trees (even now he swears he saw it growing once). A former user, he has managed to leave this world and today is clean, do not taking anything but the traditional cachaça (Brazilian spirit) that beggars carry to ward off the harsh cold of winter. In the time I have known him, no one has ever criticised him for being drunk, it seems that his only vice is smoking. Educator of the Foundation for Social Welfare and Citizenship in Porto Alegre (Fasc), Patricia Monaco has known Loreni for six years. She told me that she suspects he has a mental illness: “For me Loreni suffers from schizophrenia.” Patricia told me that Loreni generally seeks out the help of Fasc when he needs assistance with his documentation, other than that he tends to live a fairly solitary existence.
The government’s plan
In 2004 the federal government created the Unified Social Assistance System (Suas), which regulates and organises services and programs of the National Social Assistance Policy. This conjunction of groups has been responsible for
addressing the needs and plight of Brazil’s homeless people. Prior to this, as the social worker Lucimar Rodrigues de Souza, who also works at Fasc, Brazil’s system, was “hygienist and exclusionist.” Until 2004 a homeless person who needed care in a public hospital, for example, could not receive treatment, they were not seen as citizens, just as a problem, a living part of the street that had to disappear. Nowadays, even if a person lives on the streets and does not have documentation, they have the right to access basic services such as health and education. Some homeless people are on the Bolsa Família programme, and receive a small income for their family of 80 reais (£20). I asked Patricia Monaco, who has 12 years of experience in dealing directly with people on the streets, if the Bolsa Família, inhibits them for trying to find an alternative to homelessness. “I do not think it possible to survive on the streets with just over 80 reais.” She also explained that to receive the benefit, the person is assessed by a government agency. The good news for Porto Alegre, a model city when it comes to social assistance, is that it has developed pioneering work: launching a Municipal Plan for combating homelessness this year, the first Brazilian city to have a policy to do so. The plan seeks to improve the quality of life of the adult population on the streets (see graphic) and act in partnership with other government agencies. But despite the articulation of public agencies, none can have an impact if two major problems are not addressed. The first is to break down the preconceptions espoused by ‘civil society’ dogmas that treat these people as marginal or parasites. Patricia says that Fasc often
receives calls from people asking (or demanding) removing beggars from the doors of their houses. The second problem is that many of them are reluctant to change their lives so dramatically The service network of Fasc is well known, but still underaccessed, with their shelters and hostels never at full capacity. Though perhaps change needs to start on an individual level first.
The philosophy of friendship
Professor in social work, Edgar de Andrade Xavier, 72, is one of the few who cares about the state of Loreni. Studying Philosophy, he has known the beggar for more than six years and says he has never seen him drunk or drugged. “Loreni is very brave. I admire the way he faces things,” explains Xavier, who frequently gets calls from his friend on the streets.
The danger lives next door
“Living in the street is not defective, it is a very difficult life, it is dangerous,” says Loreni. He showed me the scars to prove it, including the latest: injury that left his leg bandaged following an attach in an attempted robbery that saw the thief hit him with a piece of iron. He defends himself as he can, carrying a carefully concealed knife to deter criminals. But you can see that he is not a dangerous man by choice. Nor is he judgmental of others who have perhaps had more in life, “I think everyone has to make his way to survive.” And so lives Loreni, who is often curiously happy, saying that his was is “only he and God.” But you do get the feeling that perhaps, he is still looking for his tribe, which is perhaps a more honest exhibition of the nomadic spirit within us all.
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SECURITY
Brazilian leader pushing Internet bill requiring foreign companies to house servers in Brazil
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By The Brazilian Post
razil’s president asked legislators to urgently vote on a bill that would force foreign companies to store all data about their Brazilian clients on servers based in the country, a move seen as essential for user security after repeated reports of Internet spying by the U.S. in Brazil. The “Internet constitution” bill has lingered in the lower house since 2011 and includes many provisions extending protections to Web users in Latin America’s biggest nation, one of the globe’s biggest users of social media like Facebook and Twitter. President Dilma Rousseff met earlier this month with the bill’s sponsor, Deputy Alessandro Molon of the governing Workers Party, and asked that he insert language into the bill that would force Internet companies to keep their servers on Brazilian soil if they want to do business in the country, the lawmaker’s office said. That would force companies to follow Brazilian privacy laws for the information on those servers. A Molon spokesman, who would not allow his name to be used because he wasn’t yet authorized to speak on the matter, said the legislator and his team were ironing out the exact language to be included in the bill. The president’s office confirmed that Rousseff met with Molon and Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo Silva on Tuesday, but referred all questions about the meeting to the legislator and the minister. After hours calls to the ministry rang unanswered. A statement on the website of the lower house confirmed that Rousseff requested urgent action on the bill.
Rousseff and other officials have been enraged at revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency’s espionage programs targeting global communications have focused on Brazil
Rousseff and other officials have been enraged at revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency’s espionage programs targeting global communications have focused on Brazil. Globo television has aired several reports about the NSA’s focus on Brazil, based upon documents leaked by Edward Snowden to American journalist Glenn Greenwald, who resides in Rio and has worked with Globo. Among the revelations have been that the NSA intercepted Rousseff’s communications with her top aides, that the agency is intercepting a huge amount of Internet traffic that flows through Brazil, and that its espionage programs have targeted Brazil’s state-
run oil company Petrobras. Technology companies like Facebook, Yahoo, Google and Microsoft have been forced to comply with U.S. government orders to turn over information about users under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. All the companies have asked a secret U.S. court that oversees the law to allow them to disclose data on national security orders that the companies have received. The companies were among several U.S. Internet businesses identified as giving the NSA access to customer data under the program known as PRISM. Facebook and Yahoo say they want to correct false claims and reports about what they provide to the government
and argue they have a free-speech right to publish aggregate data on national security orders. Under Brazilian law, Rousseff’s asking congress to take up the bill means legislators must vote on the measure within 45 days. If not voted upon by then, no other bills can be brought to a vote until that measure is taken up. If it passed the lower house, the bill would then go to the senate, where it would also have to be voted on within 45 days. Brazilian Communications Minister Paulo Silva has called for any companies working with Brazilian clients to maintain servers in the nation, which officials say would help prevent spying by foreign entities. “The level of concentration of American Internet companies is colossal,” Silva said shortly after the first reports that the NSA program was focusing on Brazil. “Beyond that, as all the data centres are (now) located within the United States, one is always communicating with U.S. servers.” Silva insisted that companies like Facebook, Google and others plant their servers in Brazil, a nation of 200 million people with a voracious social media appetite. Facebook’s director in Brazil, Leonardo Tristao, told the Globo television this week that Brazil ranks only behind the U.S. and India in terms of how many users are on the social network, with 76 million Brazilians maintaining a Facebook account. In August, Silva said the government would ask legislators to include in the Internet bill language make it a crime to read someone else’s email, giving email the same level of legal protection afforded to letters sent by mail.
MEA CULPA
Globo media organisation apologises for supporting Brazil’s dictatorship
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By The Brazilian Post
lobo, the biggest media organisation in South America, has publicly apologised in an editorial for acting as the propaganda arm of Brazil’s military dictatorship between 1964 and 1985. After nearly 50 years of denying that it had any involvement with the military regime, the Marinho family, the longstanding owners of the company, placed a 1,300-word mea culpa in the errors section of O Globo, its Rio de Janeiro newspaper. The editorial, which was also published online, admitted that the group network regretted not publishing the statement before the anti-government protests erupted in June this year. During the demonstrations its
broadcasting arm, Rede Globo, was targeted by protesters in several cities. Last week the TV station’s headquarters in Sao Paulo was the target of graffiti and manure bombs in a series of protests by the groups Anonymous and Black Bloc. “The truth is hard. Globo supported the dictatorship,” the editorial said. “Following many years of internal discussions, the Globo organisation recognises that, in the light of history, this support was a mistake. The protesters gave us even more certainty that the internal evaluation was correct and recognising our error was necessary.” Noticeably, many of Brazil’s major news organisations did not carry the apology. Critics said this is because during military rule, many were also complicit. In its statement, Globo named O Estado de Sao Paulo, Folha de Sao Paulo,
Jornal do Brasil and Correio da Manha as news agencies that allegedly agreed with the military intervention. Rede Record, the second biggest media organisation in Brazil and the main rival to Globo, carried the apology without comment. Globo justified its actions, saying that at the time the company feared there would be another coup following the military takeover that deposed the democratically elected President Joao Goulart. It said that during the dictatorship in 1964 “[we] always stood firmly against the persecution of leftwing journalists, as is well known. We were keen to employ many of these journalists to write for Globo. When they were called to testify [before the military regime]. We accompanied them
personally to prevent them disappearing”. More than 70 people disappeared during the military dictatorship. The apology cited the views of Robert Morinho, the founder of Globo, who claimed in 1964 that military “intervention was essential to the maintenance of democracy and to contain the outbreak of urban warfare”. Criticism has come largely from blog writers who call the apology insincere. “I thought it was a text to recognise what had happened and to apologise to all who were expelled from the country, who were arrested, tortured and killed,” Cristina Rodrigues, a freelance journalist, said. President Dilma Rousseff was among many who, as a result of their opposition to the dictatorship, was tortured and imprisoned.
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Community AWARD
Brazilian culture celebrated The third edition of the Brazilian International Press Awards recognises the professionals and institutions that enhance the image of Brazil in the UK
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By Heloisa Moraes his September will see third Brazilian International Press Awards U.K. – an initiative that awards and promotes this year’s biggest highlights of Brazilian culture and talent take place in London. Over 18,000 popular votes, nearly twice as many as last year, have decided on the list of institutions and personalities in twenty categories within arts, culture, sports, and community action. In the second round of votes, 35 different Brazilian media, cultural, community and educational institutions voted on the final list of winners, which was announced on 4 September. The awards ceremony will be presented by Globo TV International and Banco do Brasil, with the support of the Brazilian Consulate in London. This year, the ceremony will feature special performances by a few of this year’s artistic prize winners, such as actor Marcio Mello and the musicians Jandira Silva, Marcelo Andrade and Angelita Jimenez. The ceremony will also be paying tribute to four Special Award winners: The University of Nottingham for its exceptional Portuguese Language programme, the London Royal Ballet’s first Brazilian dancer Thiago Soares, Marta Maria Fernandes, founder of AMBE (institution standing for supporting Brazilian women abroad), and Allane Neres Viana for her personal story of strength and perseverance abroad. Each prize holds a special meaning and importance to winners across different categories, having inspired pride, exposure or a simple hope that
Award involves 20 categories
they are paving the way for bigger opportunities for Brazil’s cultural endeavours abroad. One of them is Marta Fernande’s AMBE organisation, which was awarded the prize for Community Action last year. This year, they are recognised again in the Special Award for persevering services of protection and support to Brazilian women who fall victim of exploitation, abuse and other difficulties abroad. “It is great to see the recognition of our work focused on the community. We are currently the largest Latin American community in the U.K. and the largest Brazilian community in all of Europe, and still our needs are under represented. The importance of being able to offer services in our native language and helping out with cultural knowledge
is of uttermost importance. Now, with further support from many people, we can continue to provide these services.” In the field of the Arts, Brazilian actor Marcio Mello has been awarded the Press Award for greatest presence in Theatre Arts. This summer, he starred in the great production by Anglo- Brazilian theatre company Stone Crabs, The Decorator, which runs until 28 September at The Colour House Theatre. Now he can add his first prize of this kind in 20 years of acting to this recent acclaim. “For an artist, any prize is a confirmation that all of their efforts are being recognised by the culture in which they belong,” Marcio told The Brazilian Post. “Being a foreign actor in London is a challenge. The other arts like music, dance and non-spoken visual arts have a larger acceptance in a country where
our language is foreign. But the challenge is all part of my work as an actor, and I jump into it.” The group highlighted for the Cultural Event award this year is Gandaia Arts, whose projects include the large artistic body of Maracatudo Mafuá (last year’s Press Award winner for Dance & Folclore), an ensemble of international dancers, musicians and singers who have represented the colourful Brazilian culture of northeast Pernambuco State in London. The four year-old company Gandaia Arts has reached thousands of people in Europe with a range of gigs, courses and large-scale projects. Artistic director Mariana Rabello Pinto told TBP: “Everything that we’ve achieved so far is fruit of our insistence and belief in the movement (of Brazilian culture in the UK).” “This is a good sign of respect and recognition for our work from the people who deal with Brazilian culture in the UK, and I’ve always dedicated these awards to the future, since the arts sector for us is still struggling through the decrease of arts support and funding.” For Clube do Choro UK, this year is their first award since the beginning of their promotion of acoustic samba and Roda de Choro in London. Group founder Gaio de Lima told The Brazilian Post: “It is interesting to see how people and the Embassy are recognising a kinds of work like ours. The Clube has always been dedicated to the people”. He hopes that this kind of award will have an impact or create a bridge between Brazilians and institutions to know each other. There is a series of other categories that will be announced at the ceremony. Amongst them are dancer and choreographer Jean Abreu, Clube dos Brasileirinhos for best school of Portuguese Teaching and maestro Gui Tavares, founder of the Nossa Voz international singing group, awarded for his effort as a Singer. With so many people celebrated and new opportunities for collaboration and recognition being fostered, the awards in London are really gaining in precedence for Brazilians living her. Having started in Floride (and nowin its 16th year there), The Brazilian International Press Awards in the UK and Japan are both marking their third edition. The organisation already has plans to take the Awards to Mexico and Germany next year. “My intention is that the UK also gets to complete its 16th edition!” said Kátia Fonseca, event coordinator. For more information please visit: www.pressawards.com/reinounido.
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PROFILE
The fabulous destiny of João Prates
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Text and photo: Rômulo Seitenfus
arrive at the minimalist apartment, located in Whitechapel, an area that’s popular with artists in London. In the corner of the living room of my interviewee, a print hangs that promotes the exhibition ‘Thought Atlas the Cass MA Show’, a showcase of the work of the Brazilian photographer João Prates, to be displayed from 12-18 September at The Cass Spring House. The photographer grew up in the city of São Francisco do Brejão, Northen state of Maranhão. He could still have been living in the countryside with his family, however, aged 18, João decided to take a different path and settled in São Paulo. In the big city, he discovered a world of possibilities and eight years ago embarked to Europe to study photography, but regularly visits his family in Brazil, taking his camera and lenses with him and making these homecomings the focus of his photographic studies. No, he has just completed his Masters in Photography at London Metropolitan University. The work is brilliant, a sort of autobiography of a chosen destiny. There are images of what João’s life would be if he had not left the farm. He has mediated a lot on this theme, while at his home he showed me his unpublished book of photographs (just part of his collection that will not go on display), which capture strong and impactful scenes to show the hard work in the field. While preserving this highly personal work under lock and key, the artist is happy to disclose other softer photos, which are equally reflective. There are clear characteristics and idiosyncrasies related to this country life style: wrinkles and sweat, details of dirty hands, calloused and the looks of a people, including his own family, who struggle every day for survival. There is a noticeable difference between the expressions of the photographed faces that contrast with the lightness of the countenance of the photographer. The 36-year-old João looks longer than his years, in stark contrast to the weariness expressed by some of his family. “They perform hard and heavy work. I wonder how they survive financially because they earn so little despite working so hard,” says the photographer. “I have come across and photographed certain scenes that were quite shocking to me. But this has also reiterated respect for them, because I admire what they do, it is exciting to return and record it all.” João’s approach is a mix of fine art and documentary photography, with the portraits, taken with natural light against an indigo blue background. I asked why he chose the colour, and wonder if it relates to the memories of his childhood. João says that while growing up, his mother’s house was indigo blue, raising the possibility that maternal bonding is at the root of his works. “The connection I have with my mother is very strong, it goes far beyond that of mother and son. She was responsible for my brothers and I because my father worked hard and so my mother had to attend to all of our needs. I think your question makes sense, there is always something that refers to this house in my work,” he reflects. I ask about the biggest challenges in recording these events. “Some of the scenes were too strong for me. I felt sick when I witnessed the procedure of cutting the horns off the cattle and burn it with a hot iron. I find it extremely cruel, but I realise that this is simple work, a necessity.” These images suggest a lot about life in Brazil’s
countryside. One of the portraits is of his childhood friend, Eldes who never attended school. Another portrayed is Renato, 16, who started working at seven and dreams to live in the big city. “These images show people who do not want to do that forever, and others that do not have the opportunity to do something else. They are surrounded with a lot of emotion, every time I visit them, I make sure balance and question myself about everything. If I had not felt all of this, I would not be happy, I’d probably be frustrated.”
João Batista Alves Prates puts a hand on his forehead, and pauses for a few seconds to answer my last question. “What was the detail that changed my destiny? It is difficult to answer this question. I have always tried not to miss any opportunity,” he says, clasping his hands. “It is important to be aware of the signs, be aware of the chances that arise. When you complicate things, it stops growing and you are unable to grab other good things. I think there are two ways your life can go and I just try to do everything right.”
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TYPICAL STREET OF LONDON CONQUEST THE PUBLIC
Rock Street was inspired in Camden Town
The British Isles were the source of inspiration of Rock Street, a street in the City of Rock with a stage to shows and 20 clothing stores, souvenirs and food distributed over 150 meters long. One of the stores is occupied by VisitBritain, the official tourism agency of the UK. The Rock Street has facades of Camden Town, decorated with brick walls typical of this region of the British capital. One of the attractions that won the audience was a traditional telephone booth, which led visitors to form queues to take pictures. Among the attractions that were featured at the Rock Street on the first weekend of the Rock in Rio were the group cover All You Need is Love, who played on the roof of the VisitBritain store, and the band Terra Celta, that mixes Celtic music with Brazilian rhythms and with has a repertoire which includes songs from Ireland, Scotland and France.
ROCK IN RIO IN NUMBERS The 5th edition of Rock in Rio in Brazil takes place in the City of Rock, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, in an estimated area of 150,000 m² and has three stages (World, Sunset and Street Dance). Altogether there are 73 brands that sponsor the event. In April, the tickets were sold online and sold out in just four hours. The public is estimated at 600,000 people to the seven-day event. • RiR moves around 500 million pounds • Generates 18,000 direct and indirect jobs • Attracts 300,000 Brazilian and foreign tourists • 95% of the hotels are busy • The spending of tourists will be more than150 million pounds (not including tickets and transportation to the City of Rock)
Continued from page 02 >> The public was reinforced by the fans of Brazilian band Capital Inicial, who had opened the presentation in the main stage. There was turmoil and some people got sick. But in an interview after the show, frontman Dexter Holland was keen to honour Marky Ramone and make it clear who was the star of the day. “For us the Ramones are like the Beatles,” he said. Last group to perform at the Sunset Stage was Saints of Vallory, American band led by Brazilian Gavin Jasper, who played songs like “Neon Eyes” and “The Bright Lights” . With a captive audience, Florence and The Machine, a group led by singer Florence Welch, made fans danced wildly as if they were in Woodstock. In a style that combines influences ranging from indie hippie to new age music, she made the audience sing along hits like “Shake it Out”, “Cosmic Love” and “Never Let Me Go”. In the early hours of Sunday, Muse took the stage showing his virtuosity on songs like “Supremacy” and “Supermassive Black Hole”. The band led by Matthew Bellamy got the audience with guitar solos and piano.
ROCK IN RIO: FROM THE DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY
Friday: Ivete, Guetta and Beyoncé
With infectious energy, the Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo did not let the audience standing, but also between a song and another made many other comments, which made the critics say that she exaggerated the “chatter”. In her interview after the show, she said she was “possessed by the power of the public.” After her, who commanded the World Stage was the French DJ David Guetta. But the large audience of nearly 100 thousand people were there to see the mighty Beyoncé. There was no one else when she stepped on the World Stage. It took nearly two hours of overproduction. Interacted little with the public, but sang, danced and led the crowd into frenzy when at the end she came back on stage with jean shorts and a white T-shirt, simple, more full of sensuality. For a few seconds she sang the chorus of the song “Lelek, lek, lek” (one of the most popular of the Rio de Janeiro’s funk music) and followed the pair of dancers doing the little step. She closed the night with the audience on his hand.
Rock in Rio, the return
Resident of the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Jacqueline Lana, 46, returned to Rock in Rio for the second time (the first was in 1985) and was impressed with the organization and the amount of concerts for all musical tastes. She wanted to see the show of Bon Jovi, but there were no more tickets, so she managed only for Saturday night. Along with his son Breno, 15, her husband and sister Deborah Rabelo, 39, attended the Capital Incial concert, as well as 30 Seconds to Mars and Muse, which ended the second night. Also in the late afternoon, Jacqueline saw and liked the Detonautas and Terra Celta, who performed
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at Rock Street. “I remember in 1985 the rain, mud and presentation of the Queen and Eduardo Dusek. Was also very good, but today is even better”. The friends Lais Mazzeo, 23, and Juliana Losso, 24, both of South Zone of Rio, surrendered tribute done at Rock Street to the Beatles. “It was beautiful.” Lais has vacationed in London and greatly identified with the space created at RiR. Complaints of friends went to the price of the products, as well as the lack of toilets. They highly praised the cooperation of the people in the cleaning. “It’s all very good”.
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Freddie Mercury was the highlight of the first Rock in Rio
Conceived by the entrepreneur Roberto Medina, Rock in Rio emerged to definitively put Brazil on the map of great shows in the world. The history of the festival began 30 years ago and today accounts for 13 editions held in Brazil, Spain and Portugal , with an estimated audience of over 6 million people. The first edition was organized in January 1985, while the country was the transition from dictatorship to democracy. The festival was a success and was attended by 1.38 million people and 28 artists including Rod Stewart, Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, B - 52’s and Go-Go’s, among others . Brazilian artists also performed: Blitz, Erasmo Carlos, Gilberto Gil, Rita Lee, Moares Moreira were some of them. But the star of the event was the band Queen. Led by vocalist Freddie Mercury, the group lived up to the rank of major star of the first Rock in Rio.
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Latin America THE OTHER SEPTEMBER 11
Chile marks 40th anniversary of Pinochet’s military coup
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By The Brazilian Post resident Sebastian Pinera marked the 40th anniversary of the military coup that overthrew Salvador Allende by urging Chileans to heal from — but never forget — the events of September 11, 1973, that launched a bloody 17-year dictatorship. That day, fighter jets unleashed an attack on the La Moneda presidential palace, and tanks and soldiers surrounded the building as it burst into flames. Allende, then the democratically elected president, committed suicide rather than surrender to the coup plotters led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet. “After 40 years, the time has come not to forget but rather to overcome the traumas of the past,” said Pinera, Chile’s first right-of-centre president since the country’s return to democracy in 1990. Allende’s family, sympathizers and former members of his personal guard later held a minute of silence in his memory at a statue of the late Marxist leader outside the presidential palace, which is engraved with his last words: “I have faith in Chile and its destiny.” “We remember this honourable man, this social fighter, who planted hope and dreams in Chile,” his daughter, Sen. Isabel Allende, said at the event. “He taught us that deep changes were needed to achieve a different society and that we must work for the poor, for the workers, for the dignity of our people,” she added. Allende launched what he called “the Chilean path to socialism,” nationalizing the copper industry that had been dominated by U.S. companies and using the money to fund land redistribution while improving health care, education and literacy. U.S. officials approved a covert campaign to foster a sense of economic chaos and provoke the military takeover. The coup was initially backed by many Chileans fed up with hyperinflation, food shortages and factory takeovers. But it destroyed a system they had proudly described as Latin America’s strongest democracy. Pinochet cut short Allende’s reforms. He privatized pension and water systems, slashed trade barriers and encouraged exports, building a free-market model credited for Chile’s fast growth and institutional stability. But the prosperity came at a high cost as Pinochet shut down Congress, outlawed political parties and sent
The relatives of victims of Chile’s dictatorship carry a sign that reads in Spanish “Allende lives”
thousands of dissidents into exile. In all, 40,018 people were killed, tortured or imprisoned for political reasons. The government estimates 3,095 were killed during Pinochet’s rule, including about 1,200 who were forcibly disappeared. “I lost what was dearest to me,” said Maria Salazar, 84. Her son, 20-year-old Edmundo Montero Salazar, was one of Allende’s bodyguards and was killed defending him the day of the coup “We all lost,” Salazar said. “They were honourable kids, students and people who were working for this country, and they were all killed.” Pinochet died in 2006 under house arrest, without ever being tried on charges of illegal enrichment and human rights violations. To his loyalists, Pinochet is still the fatherly figure who championed Chile’s economic growth and kept it from becoming a failed socialist state. But a poll this month said only 18 percent of Chileans now agree. Sixtythree percent think the coup destroyed democracy, the CERC polling firm said. The survey of 1,200 people had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points. Pinochet loyalists last year organized their biggest gathering since the dictator’s death. But tributes are rare now, and some of the last symbols honouring his rule are being slowly removed. Avenida 11 de Septiembre, paying homage to the coup, was renamed Avenida Nueva Providencia in July. Allende’s shattered eyeglasses, rescued from the ruins of the presidential palace, were displayed this week by Chile’s national history museum in a special exhibit marking the coup’s anniversary.
“It’s a symbolic piece of one Chile’s toughest moments in history,” said
Teresa Silva. She found the half of a pair of black-framed glasses at age 39, when officers guarding the palace asked her if she’d like to see the spot where Allende died. “It’s a very sad episode,” said Silva, who sneaked the glasses out and then hid them in a cookie jar for years before donating them to the museum. The anniversary of the coup is often marked by violence. Vandals clashed with police, throwing rocks and gasoline bombs and setting up flaming barricades. At least three public buses were also torched. Police arrested 68 people and said at least 13 officers had been injured, including Gen. Rodolfo Pacheco, one of the capital’s top police chiefs, who was taken by helicopter to a hospital.
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Sep 17th – 30th 2013
Technology SEPTEMBER 25 – 27
FAPESP Week London highlights scientific cooperation between Brazil and Europe Symposium at The Royal Society brings together researchers to debate advanced scientific topics
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By The Brazilian Post ome of the most recent advances in science and the development of new technology obtained by researchers in Brazil and Europe over the last few years will be the topics of debates during FAPESP Week London, to be held from September 25 to 27 at The Royal Society, London. Sponsored and coordinated by the
Registration for the event is free
São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), the British Council and The Royal Society,
the symposium will help to broad the already significant existing bilateral partnerships in science among Brazil and European countries. During FAPESP Week London, researchers from diverse higher education and research institutions will discuss the results of their work; among them are: Carlos Alfredo Joly, University of Campinas & BIOTA Project, FAPESP, Paulo Eduardo Artaxo Netto, Lisete Compagno Michelini, Maria Immacolata Vassalo de Lopes and Siu Mui Tsai, from the University of São Paulo, Luciana Vanni Gatti, IPEN, and E.A. Thoroh de Souza, University Mackenzie. The Brazilian scientists will debate with renowned researchers from European institutions, including: Martyn Poliakoff, Foreign Secretary and Vice-President, Royal Society, Peter Olesen, Chairman on the Danish Council for Strategic Research, Georgina Mace, Imperial College London, Gordon McFiggans, University of Manchester, Jeremy Woods, Imperial College London, and Philip Macnaghten, Durham University. Among the topics that will be debated many are on the frontiers of sciences,
such as Biodiversity, Climate Change, Genomics, Biofuels and Nanotechnology. FAPESP Week London will also have panel discussions about International Scientific Collaboration, Challenges and Opportunities in University-Industry Collaborative Research, and Science Culture. FAPESP Week London is happening at a moment in which Brazilian research has reached its highest international projection, with indices that denote its greater participation in the global science and technology system. “The work at FAPESP to prioritize the intensification of international relations for researchers and higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo generates and broadens knowledge in all areas in which it occurs. In the contemporary world, science is an activity that depends more and more on the international cooperation efforts, particularly because many of the most important phenomena facing science do not occur only nationally”, says Celso Lafer, President of FAPESP. The event will be transmitted online at www.fapesp.br/week2013/london.
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Economy Event brings together entrepreneurs interested in Brazil
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By The Brazilian Post hat an entrepreneur interested in Brazil needs to know to make an investment effectively? A question very large, which requires multiple answers, even more complex if we consider the mega sporting events that Brazil will host in 2014 and 2016. It is just to introduce this debate that the MEI - Major Events International, in partnership with Kingston Smith and Nabas Legal - promoted at the beginning of September, the event ‘Reflections on the climate of the major business climate in Brazil.’ With a full schedule, in which several issues concerning the current situation in Brazil were raised, the event attracted 50 people, including businessmen interested in the Brazilian market and also entrepreneurs who are already part of this market.
Denis Mills, CEO of the MEI, opened the event talking about the challenges and opportunities of the market, in view of the 2014-2016 events, highlighting the great opportunities that are already happening. “It is a unique showcase” emphasized Mills, who added important points to be considered as the need to speak Portuguese, understand the business culture of the country, investments in travel, weather, local representation. All this in a highly competitive business scenario. As an extension of this introduction, Alan Chartlton, former British ambassador to Brazil expounded on Brazil’s growth in the last decade and the slowdown on the growth in the last three years. Charlton also highlighted the good relationship between British and Brazilian companies. Besides the business scenario, the current political situation in Brazil was
also in the agenda of the event. About the demonstrations started last June, Dr. Jeff Garmany, expert in issues about Brazil and professor at the Brazil Institute at King’s College London, highlighted important topics. Paul Spindler, da Kingston Smith LLP, falou sobre as questões fiscais que as empresas britânicas devem considerar quando pretende operar no Brasil. Spindler mostrou o formato que inicialmente as empresas britânicas estavam entrando no mercado brasileiro, e como isso foi alterado no decorrer deste processo, com a inclusão de empresas de consultoria ou intermediadoras. Paul Spindler, of Kingston Smith LLP, spoke about tax issues that British companies should consider when they want to operate in Brazil. Spindler showed the format in which initially British companies were entering the Brazilian market, and how this has
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changed over the course of the process, with the inclusion of consulting firms or intermediating ones on the process. Fernando Duarte, sports journalist, correspondent in London since 2001, expressed his views on how the demonstrations around the Confederations Cup may affect the external image of Brazil in the coming years. The legal issues surrounding the business between Brazil and the United Kingdom were highlighted by the lawyer Victória Nabas, concerning key issues that legal companies and investors should be aware when in negotiation with Brazil. After the speech, the valuable interaction between listeners and speakers, which is also a point worth mentioning, since the promotion of a network and better relationships among Brazilian and British enterprises also provides new business opportunities.
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Sep 17th – 30th 2013
Sport BEHIND THE PITCH
Who can go against Conmebol? Led by Andres Sanches, a new opposition group to the current South American football confederation brought athletes together in Sao Paulo. Now we must ask, for what propose?
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By Renato Brandao
he man who imploded the ‘Clube dos 13’ (the football association of the 13 biggest clubs in Brazil) once again in the spotlight, this time to point his influential artillery against the management of football in South America. Andrés Sanchez, former president of Corinthians, organised a meeting in Sao Paulo early in September between former players and representatives of about 20 south American clubs. The main theme was corruption, which ended up forming the first organised opposition movement to the Conmebol. “This is an unprecedented movement, transparent and official. We advocate more dignity especially in football,” the former Corinthians president promised, arguing that football is a sport made by “fans, clubs and players,” a trio that would be harmed by Conmebol. Among the participants were international stars like Maradona, Romario, Chilavert, Valderrama and Francescoli, whose statements were equally polemic at the event. The main targets of the former athletes were the Uruguayan Eugenio Figueredo, current President of the Conmebol, and the Paraguayan Nicolas Leoz, his predecessor who led the organisation for 27 years, having resigned only in April due to health problems. “I thought there wasn’t an institution more corrupt than FIFA and CBF (Brazilian
From left to right: Romario, Roberto de Andrade, Maradona and Andres Sanches
Football Confederation) but Conmebol is equally as bad”, fired the Brazilian former player Romario. “Things are a lot worse than we imagined,” added the former striker, who currently holds a position as a federal deputy and is one of the most vehement critics of CBF. “They [the leaders of the Conmebol] earn fortunes but the protagonists [South American clubs] see nothing of the money they generate,” accused the Paraguayan Jose Luis Chilavert, second highest goalkeeper scorer in the history (62 goals, just behind the Brazilian Rogerio Ceni) . There were also attacks on important allies of Conmebol, including Brazilians Jose Marin (current president of CBF) and Marco Polo Del Nero (president of the Sao Paulo Football Federation, and likely candidate to take over Marin on CBF) and Argentina’s Julio Grondona (president of the AFA , the Argentine Football Association). “We need to expose these people who do so much harm to football”, expressed Diego Maradona, one of the biggest names in world of football of all time. ‘El Diez’ called Julio Grondona of “mafia” - the topper was his boss when coached the Argentina national team in the World Cup 2010. There have been many criticisms of the awards and the transfer of TV rights for clubs. Andrés Sanchez went on to say that quotas of TV in Sao Paulo are higher than that of the Copa Libertadores. Uruguayan leaders ensured that they performed better proposals
than Fox Sports Latin (current holder of the exclusive rights to broadcast the Libertadores and South American Cup), but the Conmebol refused. In fact, the issue of TV rights of these competitions is quite blurred, since the entity has never revealed the amounts paid by Fox Sports.
Revolution?
The newly formed opposition group has not announced whether it will launch a candidate to run for the next elections at Conmebol, planned for 2015. But the perception is that the movement is strong and has as its main character Andrés Sanchez, a controversial figure in Brazilian football in recent years not least because prior to his opposition to the CBF, he served as its director in 2012. Before this, Sanchez had been president of Corinthians. His tenure was marked by a profound change in the club, both the arrival of Ronaldo and a national title (in 2011), resulted in large increases in both revenues and also debt on the club. He was also a major ally of Ricardo Teixeira, who chaired the CBF between 1989 and 2012. Along with it, Sanchez was the man responsible for the negotiations between clubs for the broadcast rights of the Brazilian Championship, made between 1987 and 2010 at the ‘Clube dos 13’ and Rede Globo . Founded in 1987 to defend the interests of the largest teams of Brazilian football, the ‘Clube dos 13’
was open to competition for new editions from 2012 to 2014. TV Globo abandoned the bid, which would rival the participation of the issuer and telephone operators. With approval of Teixeira, Sanchez led a mutiny against the entity, urging clubs to negotiate directly with Globo. From there, each club closed separately a value with the TV station and the ‘Clube dos 13’was weakened. As a result of individual negotiations, Corinthians and Flamengo started to receive much higher values than the others. With the two most popular clubs in Brazil earning the equivalent to £35 million per year, 15 million more than Santos, Sao Paulo and Vasco da Gama and over 25 million more than Atlético Mineiro, Botafogo, Cruzeiro, Fluminense, Gremio and Internacional. Critics fear that these differences would cause a major imbalance in the future of the Brazilian football, citing the case of the League of Spain, which favours only Barcelona and Real Madrid. Together, the two clubs receive 140 million euros per season, three times more than Valencia, the third most earning from TV rights in Spain. Therefore, we have to ask if an opposition against the Conmebol, led by Sanchez, would in fact benefit the clubs of South America, since he was a character instrumental in imposing a new order for the uneven football TV rights in Brazil. Not that the Conmebol, who rules without any integrity over South American football, does not deserve to be questioned and criticised. Rather, the entity needs to go through a renewal, led by people committed to promoting the best sport in the region. One step would be ensuring greater transparency in the management of the confederation, starting in contracts for the sale of rights to broadcast the tops Libertadores and South American Cup. Conmebol needs to give more funds to clubs participating in their official tournaments. In particular, it is necessary to provide fair and equal shares, according to each stage of the competition. All because Brazilian clubs already take great economic advantage over teams from neighbouring countries - a gap that reflects the dominance of teams from Brazil, mainly in the Libertadores. After all, the joy of football lies in the grace of the competition, which is greatly impaired if there is an imposed imbalance between the teams.
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FOOTBALL MARKET
Premier League clubs smash transfer spending record Investments made by Premier League clubs are equivalent to those of Italian and Spanish clubs combined
The millions of pounds it is estimated Premier League clubs have spent in the last decade
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By Antonio Veiga
he closure of the European transfer window on 3 September showed once again a scenario of disparity: the investments made by the clubs of the first division of English football are equivalent to those made by the Italian and Spanish together. Another number that accompanies the statistic in question is the deficit of clubs, the difference between money coming in and going out with Premier League clubs standing at almost £500 million. Everyone is aware that the British economy is totally different those of Italy and Spian, but even so, the gap is scary. While all teams in England spent 763 million Euros, the Italians - who occupy the second place – only spent 410 million and teams from Spain totted up just 390 million. Considering that Spain’s Real Madrid made the largest purchase in the history of football, former Premier League player, Garreth Bale, former Tottenham, for £85 million - the separation between British clubs from others is enormous. Compared with the previous transfer window, the increase was 30%, the deficit, coincidentally, was also the biggest of all time. “This is the first year that the Premier League clubs have benefited financially from the new TV agreements with each club receiving a share of £600 million of revenue only for the season 2013/14,” explained Alex Thorpe, consultant of Deloitte. According to data from consulting firm Deloitte, this year saw the highest spending of English than in the last decade (see box). Remembering that in this period has seen the growing influence of billionaire ownders such as those at Chelsea and Manchester City, with both clubs, leading the ranking since 2003, having spent £758 and £700 million respectively, though Liverpool and Tottenham came next. Though the spending does not seem without reason. Not since the 2009/2010 season have the British clubs been absent
from the semi-finals of the Champions League. Certainly, this also explains the increase in investments. The teams that will compete in the main European competition pull up spending. Together, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea and Arsenal took their coffers a gross value of £230 million in this transfer window, which equates to 37% of the total value. Tottenham, driven by the sale of Garreth Bale, went out to market and has promised to fight at the top of the table. But, following the logic established by other clubs, they too have spent more than earned. The club received about 100 million Euros and paid more than 120 million to sign players like Brazilian Paulinho, striker Soldado and midfielder Lamela, among others. However, of all the English clubs, who sought to cause a storm with high profile signings in order to change the fate of their upcoming season, Arsenal stood out. In a break from their usual approach (they are reportedly the only Premier league team in the black) The Gunners invested £42 million in the German midfielder Özil, from Real Madrid, on the last trading day. The sale of the player, also echoed wider changes in the European market. The German, citing the arrival of the prestigious new coach, Carlo Ancelotti to the Spanish club, said: “I lost trust and respect for Real Madrid.” Though the loss of the the player, who would have also had to compete for a place against newcomers Bale and Isco, left superstar Cristiano Ronaldo very displeased: “It’s terrible news for me. He was the player who best knew my movements,” said Ronaldo.
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Sep 17th – 30th 2013
CELEBRATION
Buckingham Palace to host first official football match
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By The Brazilian Post
uckingham Palace is to host its first official football match as part of the Football Association’s 150th anniversary celebrations. The Duke of Cambridge, president of the FA, helped arrange the game between two of England’s oldest amateur clubs. Civil Service FC and Polytechnic FC, both based in Chiswick, west London, will play at the palace on 7 October. William will host the event and also present medals to 150 volunteers. The Queen gave her permission for the unique Southern Amateur League fixture. Wembley groundsman Tony Stones will work with the royal household gardeners to create a pitch in the 40-acre garden. William praised the 400,000 volunteers who help run local matches every year. He said: “In our 150th year, it is hugely important for the FA to honour
Wembley groundsman Tony Stones will work with the royal household gardeners to create a pitch
the efforts of the many thousands of volunteers who week in, week out, help to provide the opportunity for
millions more people to enjoy football at grassroots level.” Greg Dyke, chairman of the FA, said
he was “delighted” about the “firstever game of football to be played at Buckingham Palace”.
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