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Oppenheimer and boredom relativity

A short synopsis of Oppenheimer (2023) fits into a short sentence: three hours of refined human stupidity. When military personnel or political stakeholders come into play, the dialogues are so absurd that they seem like fiction. Only problem is, as it turns out, it’s all very real.

Cinematish: resenhas rápidas para mentes ocupadas

Se você gosta de cinema, não tem mais tempo para ver todos os filmes que gostaria e escreve em inglês, junte-se ao novo coletivo Cinematish. Resenhas rápidas de filmes que valem a pena e nem sempre disponíveis na locadora da esquina. A descrição oficial é: Cinematish is made especially for people (probably like you) who […]

Used and Refurbished Tires Still Finding Their Way Through Latin America

Paulo Rebêlo, as guest blogger Greentech Media (link) 31.mar.2009 The Supreme Court in Brazil is once again struggling to decide the import of used tires from other countries, especially from the United States and the European Union. And once again, the process is temporarily halted in order to be “properly” analyzed by the Court members. […]

Things I will miss

Paulo Rebêlo The Budapest Sun – 13.junho.2007 link original After almost one year living in Budapest, if someone asks me to make a list of what I have learned or what most caught my attention, it would be a problem to fit everything in this space. What I know for sure is what I will […]

The ties of bureaucracy

Paulo RebêloThe Budapest Sun – 09.maio.2007 – link original Excessive bureaucracy is part of eastern Europe folklore. You will always find yourself in a situation when a bureaucrat is behind a desk and you’re the next in line. He’ll make a fuss about forms and different offices you should go, sometimes related to small and […]

Black coffee, white devil

Paulo Rebêlo ( email ) The Budapest Sun – 11 .April. 2007 link original Those that say there is a coffee tradition in Budapest are not telling the truth. At least not exactly. That does not mean to say they are lying. Most probably they just do not appreciate coffee enough to realize how difficult […]

Budapest: the little giant

Paulo Rebêlo The Budapest Sun – 14.mar.2007 Is Budapest a big city? It depends on whom you ask. One of the demographic oddities of Latin American countries is the general absence of medium-sized cities. We have huge metropoli – usually capital of a State – where most people live nowadays. And then we have thousands […]

The Budapest Billing Game

Paulo Rebêlo The Budapest Sun – 14.fev.2007 – link original You have just finished a delicious duck breast with croquette potatoes. You are feeling good after the nice wine, directly from the Hungarian countryside. The palacsinta pancake for dessert was marvelous. You are full, your belly feels happy (and bigger) and all you want on […]

Oh, for the love of Gábor!

Paulo Rebêlo The Budapest Sun – 21.dezembro.2006 link original The holiday season is a time when people get along more, cherish each other and even find themselves to be a little more romantic. In other words, it means that nine months from now we’ll be seeing hundreds and hundreds of shiny-lovely-little-Hungarians being born in Budapest. […]

Hungria se despede do irmãozinho

Paulo RebêloFolha de S. Paulo – 18.nov.2006 (link original) BUDAPESTE – A morte de Ferenc Puskas, chamado de Öcsi (irmãozinho) pelos húngaros, causou grande mobilização ontem em Budapeste, com autoridades correndo para fazer anúncios públicos no rádio e na TV. O primeiro-ministro da Hungria, Ferenc Gyurcsány, classificou o ex-jogador como o húngaro mais conhecido do […]

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