A case identified during research by a federal appeal-court judge some 15 years ago illustrates the importance of the debate around linguistic diversity in the country. The sole official language of ...
Rafael Mayer was two-years-old when his parents grew worried because he was not talking. Five years later, the boy from Brazil has mastered nine languages. In 2012, Rafael was taken to a doctor, who ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There’s nothing like talking to private equity folk to get a positive take on a country’s problems. Take the ...
Heloisa Daher's family is of Syrian and Lebanese descent but they insisted she only speak Portuguese "Look forward, not backward," is what farmer Heloisa Daher was often told by her family of Syrian ...
Brazil has the biggest black population of any country outside Nigeria. Over 10 million African slaves were shipped to Brazil, six times more than to the United States. Slaves were prohibited from ...
A Brazilian language school is helping students perfect their English by getting them to form heart-warming bonds with elderly Americans. An advert for CNA language school’s ‘Speaking Exchange’ shows ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Pearson has paid an enterprise value of more than £500m for Brazil’s largest private network of English ...
"Look forward, not backward," is what farmer Heloisa Daher was often told by her family of Syrian and Lebanese immigrants while growing up in Brazil. Ms Daher remembers watching her family argue in ...
Brazil has the biggest black population of any country outside Nigeria. Over 10 million African slaves were shipped to Brazil, six times more than to the United States. Slaves were prohibited from ...
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