About Paula Góes
Brazilian journalist and translator living in London. I blog about translation and Brazilian literature and poetry available in English [pt] and keep a blog about our GVO coverage of the Lusosphere [pt]. I am also proud to be a volunteer translator for the Global Voices Lingua project in Portuguese. Follow me also @paulissima [en] or @paulagoes [pt]
Latest posts by Paula Góes
Stories
July 5th, 2009
Americas
“Three young guys from Brazil had developed “a navigation system for visually impaired people” with mobile phones & gps”, Mobile WebTV Live Broadcast reports. See the videos.
Americas
Adventures of a Gringa uploads a series of University of Sao Paulo's documentaries about the politics of race in Brazil: Coffee and milk, or water and vinegar? “The documentary tries to debunk the notion of “racial democracy” in Brazil, as well as explaining concepts of race, racism, and identity. The truth is that it's difficult to cover such a complex topic in less than an hour, but there is a lot of valuable and valid information, and more importantly, different views and opinions on race in Brazil.”
July 4th, 2009
Brazil: “President Lula is a nerd”
After his speaking for the first time against the proposed Digital Crimes Bill, hugging Pirate Bay’s spokesman Peter Sunde, defending the use of open source software and inviting Internet users to chip in and contribute to his soon to be launched government social media initiative, the blogosphere concludes: "Brazilian president Lula da Silva is a nerd". Or is it just because 2010 is an election year?
June 20th, 2009
Brazil: The country's largest university becomes a battlefield
For a day in June, a peaceful protest against police occupation at Brazil's largest university became a bloody confrontation for the first time since the dictatorship in the 1970s. The blogosphere reports and discusses.
May 1st, 2009
Brazil: Remembering Ayrton Senna, the unbeatable F1 champion
The country pays tribute to the three-time Formula One world champion whose tragic death, aged just 34-years-old at the beginning of a successful career, shocked the world on May 1st 1994. 15 years on, Brazilian bloggers share photos, videos, memories and tears.
April 27th, 2009
Brazil: Fly me to the moon with public money
Another scandal has taken the Brazilian blogosphere by storm – it has come to light that public money is being used to fund holidays abroad for parliament members and their family, friends and acquaintances. As bloggers report, it seems that an even bigger scheme to resell unused air ticket is to be exposed.
Funding drive
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