Comments for Among Best Countries to Do Business in LatAm Brazil Is Number 9 at http://www.brazzilmag.com , comment 0 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.brazzilmag.com Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:24:56 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9338/1/#pc_14481 Brazil is shining again Never mind. I am interested in hearing your objective answer to the question raised by Ricardo Amaral about Petrobras.Please ensure that you don't go into a tangent and start attacking the "Squid" ;D - João da Silva Thu, 22 May 2008 15:07:15 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9338/1/#pc_14480 Brazil is shining again ????? :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D - ch.c. Thu, 22 May 2008 14:36:36 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9338/1/#pc_14475 Hi Ricardo, [quote]I am just bouncing the idea to see the reaction of a few people regarding that subject. [/quote] That is a good idea to do so. You got a feed back from Forrest also in www.brazzil.com. I hope some more of our fellow bloggers give you their opinion. You probably will enjoy my next article. Look forward to reading and commenting on it. By the way, I got in contact with Rodney the editor of Brazzil magazine and he told me that he was having a lot of problems with the magazine, and he had hired someone to fix the bugs in the software. It is not all that difficult to fix. When the site is off the air too frequently and for a long duration, an on line magazine is bound to lose lot of revenue! I am sure Rodney is aware of it. - João da Silva Thu, 22 May 2008 12:45:24 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9338/1/#pc_14473 Thanks for your reply. I am just bouncing the idea to see the reaction of a few people regarding that subject. You probably will enjoy my next article. We will keep in touch. By the way, I got in contact with Rodney the editor of Brazzil magazine and he told me that he was having a lot of problems with the magazine, and he had hired someone to fix the bugs in the software. - Ricardo Amaral Thu, 22 May 2008 01:00:55 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9338/1/#pc_14472 This article is a very good and informative one for our policy makers to read, digest the contents and correct the situation.For example: What were the breakdowns of all the nations? Who What Where Why.... How many Details makes a good article. - JAY GLENN Wed, 21 May 2008 22:30:04 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9338/1/#pc_14466 Hello Ricardo, Good to hear from you again and I am doing alright and thanks for asking. [quote]yesterday I posted a question for you on Brazzil magazine, but that magazine has been off-line since last night. I am finishing a new article for publication, but before I finish it I have a question for you. [/quote] www.brazzil.com has been having problems for the past 6 weeks. It stopped working for almost a month and then reappeared with a different layout. But, it is off the air most of the time. However, www.brazzilmag.com seems to be working alright, though at times, it takes a long time to access the server. Congrats for preparing to publish a new article and if you are going to do it in www.brazzil.com, I suggest you wait till it comes back at full steam. I observed that this site does not publish many interesting articles and also there are not many comments. Please tell me why the Brazilian government should not renationalize the portion of Petrobras that is in the publics' hands. My reply to your question is by asking you another question: Who is going to be benefited by this measure? As you know, after 1985, the management of the state owned companies fell into the hands of the politicians, regardless of their party affiliations.In the first mandate of FHC, 3 major companies were sold off to pay off part of the external debt (TELEBRAS,EMBRAER and CVRD). It is fine.By doing so, it injected foreign capital into EMBRAER and CVRD and opened up their products to the world market.It was not the same case with TELEBRAS. The part of the purchase was financed by BNDES (with the exception of EMRATEL and TELEFONICA). Regardless, the progress we have made in the field of Telecommunications is nothing we could be proud off. Coming back to Petrobras, it is a strong tool still in the hand of the government for several purposes and by renationalizing the portion in the hands of the public, a)It is going to send a bad message to the foreign stock holders b)it is not going to benefit the consumers in any way I can think off c)it will allow the politicians to do whatever they want with our national assets. btw, there is a big movement from several segments of the society (especially MST) to Renationalize CVRD. I get skeptical with such movements, especially when MST is involved. I hope I was of some help to you. All the best with your article and look forward to reading it. It was good to hear from you again. - João da Silva Tue, 20 May 2008 14:59:45 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9338/1/#pc_14464 Hi Joao, How are you? yesterday I posted a question for you on Brazzil magazine, but that magazine has been off-line since last night. I am finishing a new article for publication, but before I finish it I have a question for you. Please tell me why the Brazilian government should not renationalize the portion of Petrobras that is in the publics' hands. Thanks in advance for your feedback. Ricardo - Ricardo Amaral Tue, 20 May 2008 00:14:47 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9338/1/#pc_14454 This article is a very good and informative one for our policy makers to read, digest the contents and correct the situation.For example: Uruguay showed the leading position in technological development; third in political environment and fourth in corporate environment. Why did Uruguay show the leading position in Technological development? It is a point to ponder about. Why are we in the 9th position? A part of the answer is in the article: They also include Corporate Environment (corporate tax rates, access to capital for entrepreneurs and ease of doing business, including starting and closing a business); Sociopolitical Environment (political freedom, economic freedom, political stability, political outlook, business policies of government, corruption and security for companies and businessmen); Our " Technology Level (PC, Internet, wireless and fixed telephony penetration)" is better than that in Uruguay,but still we are supposed to be below them in "Technologiccal Development". Why? Can anyone answer? - João da Silva Mon, 19 May 2008 13:27:41 +0100