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Harold Emert

American-born, Brazilian (naturalized) journalist, oboist and composer based in Rio de Janeiro since 1973, Harold Emert has worked for the Daily Mail, Express, Mail on Sunday, NYDaily News and SkyNews, among numerous international publications. He has won a prize for cultural reporting from Rio's Foreign Press Club. E-Mail: [email protected]

International Scholars Claim Cuts at Brazilian Universities Could Have “Devastating Effect”

By Harold Emert RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Nine thousand Academics from such esteemed universities as Harvard, Cambridge, and the Sorbonne, as well as from...

“Good Riddance, your Hatred is not Welcome Here,” Tweets NY Mayor to Bolsonaro

By Harold Emert RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Calling Brazil' s President Bolsonaro "a bully", New York City Mayor and reportedly Presidential Candidate Bill de...

You Can’t Wade in the Same Waters Twice. Or can You? A Poet’s Point of View

By Harold Emert RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Our current perplexing age of an increasing number of persecuted persons fleeing their native countries for new...
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“Patinetes”-Scooters are Changing the Habits of Brazilian Cities Resulting in Calls for Regulations

By Harold Emert RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Electric scooters, called patinetes in Portuguese, are invading and clogging up thirteen Brazilian cities further complicating the...

Brazilian Virtuoso Flutist Finances Fifty Young Venezuelan Musicians in Caracas

By Harold Emert, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After two years in Venezuela surviving food shortages, electricity blackout, runaway inflation, foreign bank account...

Cuts at Federal Universities? Why, Asks a Current American-Born Student

By Harold Emert RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The surprising news announced this week by the Minister of Education that President Jair Bolsonaro's government will...

Brazil is Governed by a “Bunch of Lunatics”, Says Lula

By Harold Emert RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In an exclusive interview with Brazil's Folha de S.Paulo and Spain's El Pais newspapers, Luiz Ignacio "Lula"...

The Grand Prix F1 Wishes to Come to Rio but Can the City Reform its Autodrome by 2020?

By Harold Emert RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - If Brazilian authorities give the green light and raise the necessary funding, the Grand Prix Formula One...

“Rape, Slavery and Abuse is Daily Dread of Young Refugees from Central America,” says Pulitzer Prize Winner Jon Freedman

By Harold Emert RIO DE JANEIRO - A native of Denver, Colorado, who studied literature at Columbia University in New York, Jon Freedman, 69, arrived...

“Veste Rio” this Weekend Gathers the Best of Fashion in Latin America

By Harold Emert RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In Rio de Janeiro, one of the most fashionable cities in the world, the Seventh edition of...

After two Rejections, Jair Bolsonaro will Receive the Man of the Year Award at the Marriott in NYC

By Harold Emert RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After the Museum of Natural History refused to host a dinner scheduled for May 14th to honor...
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Nelson Rodrigues Festival: Brazil’s Master of Tragedy to be Staged in the Land of Shakespeare

By Harold Emert RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The "Nelson Rodrigues Festival in the UK" will stage three of the playwright's seventeen plays including "The...

Ex-Presidential Candidate Ciro Gomes to be Sued for Alleged Anti-Semitic Remarks

By Harold Emert RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Well known for his temperament and infamous outbursts which frequently land him in hot water, ex-Presidential candidate...

Rio’s Caviar is its Rich Cultural Life

By Harold Emert RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The average tourist or even new resident who believes Rio is merely a beach city with gals...

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