Category Archives: General

CIDADE MARAVILHOSA: UM RIO INVISÍVEL

Posted on July 18, 2017 by agogo22

Originally posted on Elieser Borba:
FOTO: Elieser Borba    .     Oferenda na calçada da Rua Dona Clara em Madureira – RJ

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Ilhabela – a little paradise next to Sao Paulo

Posted on July 17, 2017 by agogo22
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Manchester Terror Attacks: Thoughts about the aftermath and where to from here

Posted on July 17, 2017 by agogo22

My family is from Manchester. I lived there, and I absolutely love it there. I am shocked and saddened by the attacks in Manchester, particularly aimed at young people. My least favourite university assignment for Criminology was being asked to write…

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First day, endless possibilities

Posted on July 16, 2017 by agogo22

Originally posted on Psychochromatic Redemption:
Here I am back on the road, this time moving to big city. A small town girl, living in a lonely world, like the song said, came to life in this amazing new place. Well,…

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The Gardens at Whitworth Museum

Posted on July 16, 2017 by agogo22

Originally posted on ONE I DID EARLIER:
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In Jacobin: The Meaning of Lula’s Conviction

Posted on July 16, 2017 by agogo22

Originally posted on Anthroposcenic:
I have a new piece on anti-corruption, the fracturing Brazilian elite, and the conundrum facing the Left, written with Benjamin Fogel. https://jacobinmag.com/2017/07/lula-conviction-corruption-temer-neves-lava-jato  What I think might be under-appreciated outside Brazil – or maybe inside too –…

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10,000 people petition for the iceberg that just broke off Antarctica to be called #ExxonKnew

Posted on July 14, 2017 by agogo22

10,000 people petition for the iceberg that just broke off Antarctica to be called #ExxonKnew http://ift.tt/2sVGMiw After weeks of suspense, a gigantic iceberg has broken off the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula. The US National Ice Center…

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France plans to end sales of gas and diesel cars by 2040

Posted on July 14, 2017 by agogo22
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Brazil’s Social Movements are defending Lula’s innocence

Posted on July 14, 2017 by agogo22

Originally posted on Exchanging ideas and more…:
The Brazilian Workers Party (PT) denounced that Lula is a victim of political persecution Several rallies are takimg place in different Brazilian cities following the sentencing of the nation’s former President Luiz Inacio “Lula”…

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The long-term negative impact of slavery on economic development in Brazil

Posted on July 14, 2017 by agogo22

Originally posted on The Long Run:
by Andrea Papadia (London School of Economics) Jean Baptiste Debret (1826). From “The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record”, https://makinghistorymatter.ca/2014/04/02/journal-of-an-african-slave-in-brazil/ ? Slavery has been at the centre of many…

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