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‘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
Brazil: Teachers and Students Prepare General Strike Against President Bolsonaro — Truth Troubles
(THIS ARTICLE IS COURTESY OF BRAZIL’S 247 NEWS) TEACHERS AND STUDENTS STOP AND PREPARE GENERAL STRIKE AGAINST BOLSONARO In practically all the country, teachers, students and servants of the education crosses arms in protests against the project of dismantling of … Continue reading
The ‘Lungs of the World’ at the mercy of ‘ruralists’ – In Other Words — The Password
Most of the Amazonian Rainforest belongs to Brazil, who has since January 1st been governed by Jair Bolsonaro. For those of you who are not familiar with South American politics, suffice to say that he has been affectionately nicknamed the … Continue reading
Bolsonaro’s Brazil: Murder, God and Carnaval | Foreign Correspondent
ABC News (Australia) Published on 9 Apr 2019 “People want to break the system – and the great symbol to break the system was Bolsonaro” – Rodrigo Amorim, MP and friend of new President Bolsonaro Jair Bolsonaro vaulted to power … Continue reading
Ants for dinner? — Recommendations for you.
When the waiter asked at the beginning of our meal at the D.O.M. Restaurant, São Paolo, if there is anything I don’t eat, I’ve let him know that I’m not to keen on oysters. Little did I know I should … Continue reading
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hans Guichardo — Wanderlusties
#south america, #sunset, #brazil, #cityscape via Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Hans Guichardo — Wanderlusties
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