Category Archives: Brazil

As Brazil Burns, Northern Media Deploy a Strategy of Deflection — Russia News Now

Posted on September 5, 2019 by agogo22

by Brian Mier NASA image of smoke from fires over the Brazilian state of Rondonia. I spent last week in the Brazilian Amazon in Porto Velho, Rondonia, on the edge of what is called the arco do incendios. The “arc … Continue reading →

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Amazon wildfires: Brazil’s president sends in army as thousands protest

Posted on August 29, 2019 by agogo22

Jair Bolsonaro is deploying the army to help fight the fires, but some – including world leaders – say he is not doing enough.   Brazil’s president has insisted that he is taking a tough approach to tackling the Amazon … Continue reading →

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Brasil

Posted on August 28, 2019 by agogo22

Carnival in Pernambuco Photo by Visit Brasil on flickr · From the combination of cultural diversity of a country with continental dimensions and current and modern elements, comes a unique lifestyle: the Brazilian way of living.[…] Source: Brasil

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Brazil Supreme Court judge says Lula deserves retrial – Reuters

Posted on August 28, 2019 by agogo22

BRASILIA (Reuters) – A Brazilian Supreme Court justice believes jailed ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva deserves a retrial after leaked social media conversations appeared to show the judge hearing Brazil’s largest-ever corruption case collaborated with prosecutors. FILE PHOTO: Judge … Continue reading →

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Sao Paulo shrouded in darkness as Amazon rainforest continues to burn — Global News

Posted on August 21, 2019 by agogo22

According to Global News meteorologist Ross Hull, a few factors came together at “just the right moment” to place Sao Paulo under a shroud of darkness. Continue reading → via Sao Paulo shrouded in darkness as Amazon rainforest continues to burn … Continue reading →

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Media Blackout on Brazil’s Anti-Bolsonaro Protests – Why are New York Times and Guardian downplaying resistance to Brazil’s far-right president? — Russia News Now

Posted on August 18, 2019 by agogo22

by Brian Mier August 13 protest against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Belo Horizonte, one of 211 cities where demonstrations took place (photo: Dowglas Silva). Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets of 211 cities on August 13 … Continue reading →

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Evenings in Bahia — My Maddy Travel

Posted on August 13, 2019 by agogo22

I like to write late night when the words come to me. Somehow during the day they don’t arrive, instead they linger until a few hours after the sun has set over Trancoso and I sit quietly in my chalet … Continue reading →

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Brazilian man, who tried to escape prison dressed as daughter, found hanged in cell — Canoe

Posted on August 6, 2019 by agogo22

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian inmate, whose masked attempt to break out of jail dressed as his daughter reverberated around the world, was found dead in his cell on Tuesday, after apparently having hanged himself, Rio de Janeiro state … Continue reading →

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Brazilian Non-profit Tags Clothes for Workplace Abuse Using Blockchain — scoreit.online

Posted on August 4, 2019 by agogo22

The Brazilian non-profit Alinha Institute has launched their Alinha Tag, aiming to inform customers of the labor conditions of the workshops that produced their clothes. As per a Cointelegraph Brasil report from July 3, the new Alinha Tag is especially … Continue reading →

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Olinda: To Carnival Or Not to Carnival — Lisa Dorenfest

Posted on July 25, 2019 by agogo22

After 13 months of ‘full-on awesome’, sailing 11,853.7 nautical miles across two oceans, and visiting 11 countries along our way, we needed a break. We’d arrived in Brazil but the blog was still in South Africa, waiting patiently to share … Continue reading →

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Divine Love (2019) — Eternality Tan

Posted on July 25, 2019 by agogo22

Gabriel Mascaro continues his rise as one of Brazil’s most audacious filmmakers with this provocative and confident take on religion, sex and bureaucracy, set in the not-so-distant future. via Divine Love (2019) — Eternality Tan

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President of Brazil threatens to censor show business — Hunter Goddard

Posted on July 25, 2019 by agogo22

On Thursday, Brazilian politician Jair Bolsonaro, a military officer whose conservative populism got him sworn in as president in January, threatened to end Agência Nacional do Cinema (ANCINE), the federal film agency, for being too liberal, according to The Hollywood … Continue reading →

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