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Freyre

American  
[frey-ruh] / ˈfreɪ rə /

noun

  1. Gilberto 1900–87, Brazilian sociologist and anthropologist.


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But Pedro Freyre, a Cuban-American lawyer specializing in the island's regulatory framework, considers Cuba an "extremely risky" investment destination.

From Barron's

“For the first time in 60 years, small- and medium-sized private corporations are now authorized by law. Now the challenge is for them to prosper in a very arid landscape for private initiative,” said Pedro Freyre, an analyst with the Florida-based Akerman Consulting and professor at Miami Law School.

From Seattle Times

And no one perfected and personified “futebol-arte,” as Freyre called it, more than Pelé.

From Washington Post

Pedro Freyre, chair of international practice at the Akerman law firm and a Cuban American who serves on the board of the U.S.-Cuba Business Council, said that the demonstrations were a “wake-up call” that the Cuban government could not easily ignore.

From Washington Post

The 20th-century Brazilian sociologist Gilberto de Mello Freyre wrote in the 1930s that all Brazilians — “even the light-skinned fair-haired one” — carried Indigenous or African lineage.

From Washington Post