RECIFE, Pernambuco Perhaps a better headline would be “The teaching of false history in Brazil's military schools.” I think of the young people in the Military Colleges, the ardent young men and women having to memorize an empty, violating history, which they call History of Brazil: Empire a.
José Carlos Ruy | via Vermelho
Editor’s note from Eric A. Gordon: José Carlos Ruy entered my life very recently, but very forcefully. The repercussions of our online meeting are destined to cast a long shadow. Out of the blue (or “over the transom” as they say in the publishing world)
People’s World received an article by him in English celebrating the life of Brazilian left-wing poet and diplomat Vinícius de Moraes. It arrived in early December 2020 and, with my long academic experience in Braziliana, I was curious to take a look at it. First of all, I was struck by how good the author’s English was it would require scant editorial intervention. Second, it came from the editor of