Category Archives: General

Uncle Ellis’ Christmas Present for the Carnival Babies

Originally posted on thiscaribbeanspace:
Soca’s favourite winer boy, sorry Machel, has entered the soca arena. We featured the song before on this blog, but yesterday, as a present for the Carnival babies, the video was released on YouTube. A few…

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Night in the City

Originally posted on L'étranger:
and a smoking man on the wall. 201612 @ Manchester, U.K.

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Brazilian samba, 100 years

Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
https://youtu.be/_lFFaNAr1jU This video says about itself: Brazil’s Samba Turns 100 25 December 2016 The very first samba song was recorded 100 years ago. The genre continues strong, with women artists breaking new ground.…

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Brazil: An Attack on the Poor – Mark Weisbrot. 

Originally posted on TPPA = CRISIS:
Institutions, Rule of Law, and Civil Rights Deteriorate as Government Doubles Down on Failed Economic Policies.? When Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was impeached in May and removed from office in August, many called it a…

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Azymuth’s “Fênix” Rises

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Non-Fiction Author Highlight: “Birthday Lessons” by J. Taylor

Originally posted on Nuff Said Publishing:
Source: Wiki Commons Growing up in Brazil, J. Taylor lived through unique experiences. He pretended to be a drug dealer, hung out with militia men, and was nearly shot, all on his ninth birthday. “Birthday…

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Chico Mendes

Originally posted on Global Kiosk:
A little while ago I heard from a friend I hadn’t seen or heard from in about 20 years. He happened to send me an instant message on Facebook while I just happened to be…

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The tale of the postman

Originally posted on Back on the road again:
Leather album with wrap around strap I get such a thrill when a stranger does you a big favour so here is the story of our postman who made my day this…

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Piccadilly Station

Originally posted on Being 42:
Wednesday 21st December 2016, 12.45pm (day 1,945) What these ladies in fancy dress were exactly doing outside the ticket barriers at Piccadilly Station, Manchester, today I am not 100% sure, but they all seemed to be…

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A Child’s Perspective

Originally posted on City Jackdaw:
Yesterday I read an article about an amateur fossil hunter who had discovered a 133 million year-old ‘pickled’ dinosaur brain. The man who found it, Jamie Hiscock, has a knack for this kind of thing:…

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