Category Archives: General

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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