by LÃvia Pontes Fialho | Apr 25, 2013 | Monitor
President Dilma Rousseff and South African president Jacob Zuma. Courtesy of Brazilian Foreign Ministry A recent article in the Huffington Post highlights what may be a decisive factor in a battle between two rising powers in Africa: soft power. Brazil and China, in...
by LÃvia Pontes Fialho | Feb 6, 2013 | Monitor
The United States spends over half a billion dollars every year on international broadcasting. Of that, $90 million are spent on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, two stations that successfully breached the Iron Curtain, providing quality information and journalism to...
by LÃvia Pontes Fialho | Jan 30, 2013 | Monitor
For some time now, Brazil has been enjoying a wave of good publicity across the globe. Seen as one of the next major economic players along with its BRICS partners (Brazil, Russia, India, China and now South Africa), its economic and social advances have made it a...
by LÃvia Pontes Fialho | Jan 23, 2013 | Monitor
Nearly a year after failing to win reauthorization from Congress, the U.S Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy has been reauthorized as of January 3rd. This was included as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which also passed the Smith-Mundt...