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Sao Paulo, Brazil

Posted on March 24, 2016 by agogo22

Originally posted on FOLLOW OUR HEARTS:
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Brazil’s Revolution Starting to Reveal its True Colors

Posted on March 24, 2016 by agogo22

Originally posted on Idler on a hammock:
For the past five days, all hell has broken loose. It started with judge Sergio Moro, the tropical Elliott Ness at the head of the two-year-old, 24-phase Car Wash corruption investigation, crudely manipulating…

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Monochrome Manchester

Posted on March 22, 2016 by agogo22

Originally posted on lachlansimages:
I live in the North West of England approximately halfway between Liverpool and Manchester so both are easy for me to reach,usually by train. Yes it’s the big kid in me. I like travelling on the railway. The header image…

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Blue Morpho Butterfly Swarm, Brazil

Posted on March 22, 2016 by agogo22
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Amazon Jungle

Posted on March 22, 2016 by agogo22

Originally posted on Siberia And Sandals:
Manaus is not what you expect in the middle of the Amazon jungle – sprawling and home to two million souls it seems strangely placed. Until that is you realise it is at the…

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Right-wing coup scenario off the mark: Rio information is wrong

Posted on March 22, 2016 by agogo22

Originally posted on RioReal:
Not this Nation Ah, Dave Zirin, this blogger has to argue with you. Right-wing and left-wing aren’t useful terms when it comes to Brazil. Politics here revolve not around ideology, but people. The alliances are fluid,…

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Brazil Is Engulfed by Ruling Class Corruption — and a Dangerous Subversion of Democracy

Posted on March 21, 2016 by agogo22

Western media are depicting street protests as a noble populist uprising. The facts are much more complicated. Source: Brazil Is Engulfed by Ruling Class Corruption — and a Dangerous Subversion of Democracy

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Love is all around us

Posted on March 21, 2016 by agogo22
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On Brazil’s Political Crisis

Posted on March 21, 2016 by agogo22

Originally posted on Americas South and North:
It’s been some time since I last waded into the political unrest in Brazil, in part because, in the first few months of the year, other matters had gained increasing focus/importance in Brazil.…

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Brazil’s Right Wing Protest Funded by U.S. Billionaire Foundations, Training in U.S.*

Posted on March 21, 2016 by agogo22

Originally posted on Hwaairfan's Blog:
Brazil’s Right Wing Protest Funded by U.S. Billionaire Foundations, Training in U.S.* By Catherine Osborn At every turn of Brazil’s political crisis — today it’s ex-president Lula’s struggle to take a spot in President Dilma…

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Russia’s ACRA to aim at breaking monopoly as Moody’s exits

Posted on March 20, 2016 by agogo22

The BRICS Post | March 19, 2016 Russia’s new national Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA), seen as a domestic competitor to global ratings agencies, plans to issue its first ratings this year, according to CEO, Ekaterina Trofimova. ACRA applied for a … Continue reading →

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Transport Museum: Bury

Posted on March 20, 2016 by agogo22

We happened to visit the town of Bury enroute to Ramsbottom where we visited the Chocolate festival.  Part of greater Manchester, this town is just about thirty minutes from Manchester central and was once famous as a textile manufacturing hub. … Continue reading →

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