29 January 2012

BRASIL : Booming Brasilia Wrestles With Immigration; Graffiti Warfare Breaks Out In Sao Paulo As Some "Paint It Black"; Online Upstarts Lacking.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/28/world/americas/brazil-immigration/?hpt=wo_bn8

     The job tide has turned.
     For decades...Brasil's citizen fled...seeking work elsewhere.
     Now Brasileros are returning home...and many Portuguese, Spanish, Italians and Haitians are following them.
     With unemployment at a record low...Brasil needs and attracts the skilled...and unskilled...forcing the government to deal with a new immigration challenge.


     AND: Some protest Brasil's social inequalities even as it booms. 
     The ugly protests are visible throughout many parts of vast and wealthy Sao Paulo...where a kind of urban warfare is underway...as protesters paint many buildings...black.
     http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/world/americas/at-war-with-sao-paulos-establishment-black-paint-in-hand.html

     ALSO: Brasil's lack of online entrepreneurs.
     http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577180841839614480.html?google_editors_picks=true