Prizes and Honors

1994 - Pen Club Portuguese Prize (Essay).

1996 - Grand Official of the Military Order of Sant'iago de Espada, given by the President of the Portuguese Republic.

1996 - Title of Citizen of São Paulo, from the City Hall of São Paulo (Brazil).

1996 - Grand Official Order of Rio Branco, given by the President of the Federal Republic of Brazil.

1996 - Gulbenkian Foundation Prize of Science (Portugal).

1998 - Bordalo Press Prize for Science – 1997 (Portugal).

2001 - JABUTI Prize (Brazil) – Humanities and Education.

2004 - Euclides da Cunha Prize from the União Brasileira de Escritores do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

2005 - “Reconocimiento al Mérito” Prize, from the Universidad Veracruzana (México).

2006 - Ezequiel Martínez Estrada Essay Prize, from Casa de las Américas (Cuba).

2007 - “Libertador ao Pensamento Crítico -2006", Venezuela.

2009 - Adam Podgórecki Prize, from the International Sociological Association.

2009 - “Gran-Cruz da Ordem do Mérito Cultural de 2009”, by the Governement of the Federal Republic of Brazil.