Category Archives: General

Bringing Abortion into the Brazilian Public Debate: Legal Strategies for Anencephalic Pregnancy

Posted on November 6, 2015 by agogo22

Luís Roberto Barroso, “Bringing Abortion into the Brazilian Public Debate: Legal Strategies for Anencephalic Pregnancy,” Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective: Cases and Controversies ed. Rebecca J. Cook, Joanna N. Erdman, and Bernard M. Dickens (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014) pp 258-278, … Continue reading →

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Street Market

Posted on November 5, 2015 by agogo22

Originally posted on The Final Third:
The scene in the market looks like a painting, each vegetable and fruit washed clean and placed just so. Palettes of garlic cloves mix with an unending size and color of hot peppers swirled…

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1.4 million Brazilians sign zero deforestation bill

Posted on November 5, 2015 by agogo22

Campaigners deliver 1.4 million signatures supporting the zero deforestation bill to the Brazilian congress Photo © Marcos Oliveira/Agência Senado. For the past three years, Greenpeace Brazil has been collecting signatures in support of a bill to establish a zero deforestation … Continue reading →

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A penguin saved from an oil slick and the unusual friendship with a man in a Brazilian fishing village

Posted on November 5, 2015 by agogo22

By Sophie McAdam | Truce Activist   In 2011, João Pereira De Souza found a penguin on the beach of his home in South-East Brazil. The bird, a Magellanic penguin, was covered in oil and needed serious TLC. De Souza … Continue reading →

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ARCA, an arched retreat in the Brazilian rainforest | Atelier Marko Brajovic

Posted on November 5, 2015 by agogo22

The humid forest of Brazil’s Costa Verde is the setting for this unusual small house. Nicknamed “Arca” (“Ark”) by the locals for its resemblance to an overturned vessel, the arched house was built as a getaway by architect Marko Brajovic. … Continue reading →

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Apocalyptic London

Posted on November 3, 2015 by agogo22

Originally posted on City Jackdaw:
As fog blanketed parts of the country, this amazing photograph was tweeted by passenger Sarah Wells as she flew into London, showing the skyline of our engulfed capital. “Flew into foggy London. Views are beautiful-this…

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We have (more) samba!

Posted on November 3, 2015 by agogo22

Originally posted on CORNERS of RIO:
Yes! In Rio, more than anywhere else in the world, we have samba! In several parts of the city, in various different days and times, there are options for all types of audiences and…

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Leading Afro-Brazilian actress Taís Araújo called ‘gorilla,’ other racist slurs by social media mob

Posted on November 3, 2015 by agogo22

Source: Leading Afro-Brazilian actress Taís Araújo called ‘gorilla,’ other racist slurs by social media mob

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Art and Architecture: Islamic Global Influences

Posted on November 3, 2015 by agogo22

Originally posted on MESSA:
This semester I decided to take a class that focuses on the art history of Medieval Iberia, which has allowed me the ability to view the global influences of Islamic art and architecture. The first few…

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The case of African descendants Brazilians

Posted on November 2, 2015 by agogo22

Originally posted on Black Stories From Spain:
There was a time when there was a big incoming of Brazilian immigrant into Spain. There weren’t always well received, even if they had visa waiver rights as so have almost all Latin…

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