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President of Brazil threatens to censor show business — Hunter Goddard
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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Samba School Parade order for 2020 — Rio the Guide
The main parades of the Grupo Especial samba schools will next take place in Rio de Janeiro on the nights of Sunday, 23 February and Monday, 24 February 2020. The 13 schools scheduled to parade and the order: Sunday, 23 … Continue reading
COME ON GUYS, PELE’S NOT DEAD — City of Champions
I’ll admit, when I first saw people on twitter saying Pele was dead I was taken aback. I mean, he’s arguably the best footballer ever. Heck, he might even be the best athlete ever. He was a global phenomenon, his … Continue reading
Disease Is Soaring in Brazil. So Why Isn’t Bolsonaro Taking It Seriously?
Hundreds have died of dengue this year, and scientists predict it’s only going to get worse. Authorities in Brazil have reported an explosion in the number of cases of dengue fever as increasingly extreme weather patterns fuel the spread … Continue reading
A Salute to João Gilberto | Sounds and Colours
As you may well have already read, Brazilian icon João Gilberto died on 6th July, aged 88, in Rio de Janeiro. The word ‘legend’ often gets thrown around far too much, but in Gilberto’s case this was undeniable. His way … Continue reading
‘Father of bossa nova’ João Gilberto dies aged 88 – BBC News
Influential Brazilian musician João Gilberto has died aged 88. The singer and composer was known best as a pioneer of the bossa nova genre, which found international popularity in the 1960s. Reports say Gilberto died at home in Rio de … Continue reading
Report Shows Corporations and Bolsonaro Teaming Up to Destroy the Amazon By Joe Catron — The New Dark Age
As deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest reaches the highest level in a decade, the rainforest’s indigenous peoples and their supporters have called for action against the political and business interests they blame for a spike in illegal logging and other … Continue reading
Where Your Coffee Comes From — Optimist Post
Where your coffee comes from has a lot to do with how your coffee tastes. Much like wine, coffee has tasting notes and subtleties that are introduced at every stage of the process. From the variety of bean, where it’s … Continue reading
Brazil under Bolsonaro: A Different Form of “Hybrid War” — Russia News Now
Brazil’s long-running Hybrid War crisis never really went away, it just took a few months for it to change form and turn against its original initiators after they failed to close the Pandora’s Box of regime change protest potential that … Continue reading
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