Category Archives: General

Originally posted on peace and war related issues:
‘ “President Assad’s army cut the last supply line for rebel forces in the northern city of Aleppo yesterday as peace talks in Switzerland collapsed”. Not so. It was a relief to…

Photos by Felipe Dana Around the fifth month of her pregnancy, Daniele Ferreira dos Santos fell ill with a high fever and angry red splotches on her skin. Source: Life at Zika Epicenter a Struggle For Afflicted Family

Originally posted on Rio Then:
(by Ralfe Braga) After my last post citing a lost, or rather unsourceable, marchinha (Carnival song) from 1954, I thought I’d go back further to Rio’s first ever such song: Ó Abre Alas by musician…

Originally posted on texthistory:
I’ve posted a few times about housing shortages, and this article from Saturday’s i newspaper is truly grim, from England’s second city. “Behind a dark doorway a the heart of one of Britain’s biggest conurbations lies…