São Paulo: Novos percursos e atores - sociedade, cultura e política Lúcio Kowarick e Eduardo Marques (orgs.), Ed. Editora 34, by Tiarajú D'Andrea

São Paulo, a city of contrasts, dynamics and inequalities. The Nblogs discusses urban problems related to the country's largest metropolis.

Institution is one of the Research, Innovation and Diffusion Centers (CEPID) of FAPESP and is dedicated to the study of contemporary cities.

If the term of Brazilian politics in 2011 was “sloppy” due to President Dilma Rousseff attracting suspicions of corruption and cronyism, and some practices not commendable that brought down six of her ministers, the year ended with a surprising phenomenon.

Interview with the political scientist Argelina Cheibub Figueiredo from the Institute of Social and Political Studies of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (Iesp-Uerj).

Ten out of 10 analysts say that the control over the finances of the Member States is a necessary condition to save Europe.