Accompanied by Rose Neeleman, the Honorary Consul of Brazil in Salt Lake City discussed new projects with publishers from US universities
Photo: Thais Gonçalves
The journalist, writer and Honorary Consul of Brazil in Salt Lake City, Utah (USA), Gary Neeleman came to PUCRS, on Jun 11, in the company of his wife Mrs Rose Neeleman. Mr Neeleman has a long-lasting relationship with Edipucrs, the University’s publisher, as he has had two books published.
In 2015, Neleeman released the book The Forgotten Army that Saved the Allies in WWII, in partnership with his wife. The book depicts the living conditions of workers sent to the Amazon to extract latex for the rubber industry in the WWII.
In 2016, he published The Confederate Migration to Brazil, by Edipucrs. The book tells the story of the defeated confederates who immigrated to Brazil. He described the activities and living conditions of families and specific groups as they fought to settle down in a new land.
The couple was welcomed at the Office for International Cooperation by the Dean of International Cooperation Dr Heloísa Orsi Koch Delgado. New projects involving publishers from US universities were discussed in meetings at Edipucrs in order to expand other cooperation networks.
Career in journalism
At the age of 20, Gary Neeleman came to Brazil as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints. He spent almost three years in many rural cities in the south of the country and also worked in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
As a journalist, he worked at United Press International, for 27 years, as an international correspondent in São Paulo and also as an office manager. As one of the few US journalists who has lived in Brazil and who speaks Portuguese fluently, he covered some of the most significant years of the modern political history of the country.
In 1985, Gary left United Press International and joined the Los Angeles Times International Syndicate, where he served as Vice-President for Development of International Products. He worked for Los Angeles Times for 17 years. After he retired, he joined Washington Post Writers Group in Latin America as a consultant, as part of his international consulting company, Neeleman International.
