Reinventing Recife as Tech Harbor
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News January 2002 Thirty years ago, the sugar business was Recife’s biggest source of income. That was until São Paulo started processing its own sugar, and Recife […]
Brazil’s Dulcet Tones of Tech
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News December 2001 In a poor neighborhood in the city of Olinda, artists, dancers and musicians are embracing technology as a way to help youth imagine a […]
Brazil Looks to Heavens for Net
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News October 2001 Satellite Internet connections have, for the first time, arrived in order to expand the country’s Web penetration. Universo Online (UOL), the biggest ISP in […]
Brazil Targets Another AIDS Drug
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News August 2001 The Brazilian government might again get into a worldwide fight about anti-AIDS drugs. Now it’s over Nelfinavir, a drug from the Swiss laboratory Roche. […]
Keeping E-Mail Afloat in Brazil
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News August 2001 If you lived in a house with no running water, no electricity and not many amenities, getting access to the Internet wouldn’t seem to […]
In Brazil an ISP Still Roams Free
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News August 2001 Free ISPs in Brazil have been falling apart for quite some time, despite the growing number of Net users. Recently, Internet Gratis (iG), the […]
Casting a Wider Net in Brazil
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News July 2001 Efforts to connect Brazil to the 21st century continue in earnest as governments and non-governmental organizations endeavor to provide Internet access to poor and […]
AIDS Drugs: U.S. vs. the World
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News May 2001 The Brazilian health system is a model to the world when it comes to fighting AIDS. But it faces the wrath of labs in […]
Brazil Declares War on Pirates
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News May 2001 Brazil has launched an all-out war against software piracy, creating a zero-tolerance policy to be implemented May 18 by the newly created Interministerial Committee […]
Music Industry’s Red Scare
Paulo Rebêlo Wired News May 2001 Despite the recording industry’s well-publicized efforts to stop online music trading, it doesn’t appear the practice will end anytime soon. Now, with the appearance […]