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… Continue reading
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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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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… Continue reading
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…. Continue reading
Heaven turns in on itself – opinion
The Budapest Sun – 09.nov.2006 ( link original ) I’ve already seen many dead bodies in my life. I’ve played pool with convicted murderers. I’ve seen a guy being stabbed in the chest right at my side. I’ve got drunk with pirated whisky and hot beer. The list of bad things I have seen is… Continue reading
Hazardous habit and a personal right
Paulo Rebêlo The Budapest Sun (link original) – 14.sep.2006 IF you are a smoker starting to get worried about the recent struggles against cigarettes worldwide, don’t think twice: go watch Thank You for Smoking and rejoice. If you’re a non-smoker, you’d better watch it too and learn how not to use the litany of arguments… Continue reading
A Brazilian in Bp
Paulo Rebêlo The Budapest Sun – 31/08/06 – [link original] WHEN I first decided to move to Budapest, I made up my mind that I wouldn’t try to discover anything about life in Hungary and wouldn’t use the Internet to make friendly contacts before arriving. The impression the average Latin America citizen has of Hungary… Continue reading
Brazil’s bumpy road to the low-cost PC
Paulo Rebêlo Special to CNET News.com [link original] 03.novembro.2005 It was an idea everyone loved: Develop a cheap PC that would let large numbers of Brazilians connect to the Internet. Literacy would rise, the economy would improve and the country’s emerging tech sector would get a boost. Unfortunately, it’s been about six years and counting…. Continue reading
Brazil Battles U.S. on AIDS, Again
Fight highlights worldwide struggle with social agendas, antiretroviral drugs and patents Paulo Rebêlo OhMyNews, 16.maio.2005 It will probably never end. Once again, world attention is focused on Brazil and the United States and their differences on how to fight AIDS. Earlier this month, Brazil refused $40 million in U.S. funding for AIDS, asserting that it… Continue reading