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• "Essential site for all students and researchers wishing to keep up-to-date with Brazilian news, and seeking original materials on all issues affecting the country ... well-organized and easy-to-navigate ... guaranteed to locate material of interest and worth." Humbul - Oxford University
• "Your site is wonderful - a great point of access for recent research." Katherine D. McCann?, Library of Congress-Handbook of Latin American Studies, Assistant Editor
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• To promote knowledge and debate about Brazil by gathering, sharing and publicizing reliable information through electronic media. Because valuable information is scattered on the Internet and often hidden inside a website, Brazilink leads you directly to where it is. Search engines do not search the "deep/invisible web" (dynamic database contents), where data tends to be of better quality and have more relevance
• To promote freedom of access to and spread of information. We index "open access" websites mainly. These are free of charge and must contain downloadable articles and/or other valuable data with unrestricted access
• To be a space for a dynamic and participatory sharing of electronic resources. Our pages are edited by experts and maintained by volunteer students worldwide. No software can replace humans when it comes to selecting and defining contents' quality and relevance
• To respond to globalising trends, which implies more awareness of and interest for issues beyond national frontiers. At the same time, to show the Brazilian uniqueness in its historical, economic, political, cultural and environmental dimensions. Brazil is well placed in the international arena for its territorial extension, its cultural and environmental wealth and diversity, and in the context of Latin American and cross-countries development issues
• To keep updated those who are interested in Brazilian public issues and live outside Brazil. It's therefore addressed to a wide range of public: academia, think tanks, charities, media, corporations, development agencies, bilateral and global bodies, multinational financial institutions etc. Brazilians from and outside Brazil are also welcome, along with other Portuguese speaking peoples. By its own nature, the Web is open to all
• The editorial line underpinning this website revolves around a concern and interest in human capital and sustainable development. Society's well-being is an essential component of/for development. Brazilink endeavors to show different actors and perspectives within Brazilian society, while at the same time focusing on the most pressing public issues
• This project is an initiative of the Brazilink Foundation, a non-profit institution based in London that supports the strengthening of study and understanding of Brazil worldwide

• Fernando Almeida: CEBDS-Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development, Executive-President; Millenium Ecosystem Assessment Board, Member
• Paulo Roberto de Almeida: NAE-Núcleo de Assuntos Estratégicos, Brasilia; Brazilian Embassy in Washington, ex-Minister Counsellor; Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, Deputy-Editor
• Bob Blizzard: Labour Party (Waveney, Suffolk), United Kingdom's Member of Parliament; British-Brazilian All Party Group, Chair; British-Latin American All Party Group, Treasurer
• Simon Schwartzman: Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Member; IETS-Instituto de Estudos do Trabalho e Sociedade, Associated; IBGE-Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics, ex-President
• Eduardo Suplicy: PT-Workers' Party (São Paulo), Senator; Foreign Affairs Commission in the Senate, President

• Economy: Dr. Nivalde José de Castro - Instituto de Economia-UFRJ/NUCA-Núcleo de Computação & Virtual Library of Economics-Prossiga, Coordinator
• Education: Dr. Maria Ligia de Oliveira Barbosa - UFRJ-IFCS-Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais; Prossiga-Social Sciences Virtual Library, Curator & Professor Emerita Laura Randall - University of New York, Hunter College-City; Columbia University, Brazil Seminar, ex-Co-Chair
• Environment: Professor Joseph Domask - American University, Washington, D.C.; WWF-World Wildlife Fund (USA), Global Forest Program, ex-Research Officer
• Gender: Dr. Teresa Sacchet, University of East Anglia, School of Development Studies, Overseas Development Group, Lecturer
• History: Professor Edward A. Riedinger, Ohio State University-Columbus, Department of History, Professor; Latin America, Spanish and Portuguese Library Collection, Professor and Head. Center for Latin American Studies Ohio University-Athens, Professor
• Human Rights: Carlos Eduardo Gaio - Global Justice Centre (London), International Relations Coordinator; Amnesty International (London), Adviser on International Organisations
• Politics: Francisco Panizza - LSE-London School of Economics and Political Science, Senior Lecturer in Latin American Politics
• Rural Issues: Professor Cliff Welch - PUC-São Paulo, CAPES Visiting Professor; Grand Valley State University, Michigan, Latin American Studies Program, ex-Coordinator

• Executive Director: Celia Jennings - MA Latin America Area Studies (LSE-London School of Economics & ILAS-Institute of Latin American Studies); ex-AFP-Agence France Presse
• Administrative Director: Syed Hussain - M.A.(Oxford University); 3rd Sector Advisor for Elizabeth Finn Care; Public Sector Project Manager
• Administrative Director: Steve Roake - BSc. Geography (UCL); Public Sector - Charity Commission of England and Wales
• IT Director and Financial Advisor: John Olival - MBA (London Business School); BSc. Engineering (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

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