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Brazil’s National Drink…Caiparinha…history and recipe.
Brazil’s National Drink…Caiparinha. The drink Caiparinha was first made by Brazilian slaves in the1800s. It was made from boiled cane sugar juice and Cachaça, a spirit made from sugar cane. To this mixture was added fruit juice. The name Caiparinha … Continue reading
Brazil bans corporate donations to parties and election campaigns
Sculpture “Justice” by Alfredo Ceschiatti Supreme Federal Court – Brasília – Federal District – Brazil Photo Credit: Valter Campanato/Agência Brasil Sparked by national outcry for change, on September 17, 2015, Brazil took a giant leap forward. Amidst the fallout of … Continue reading
The people’s market
A house for the selling of people Slaughter house again The smiling tourist sees only colour History is buried six feet under Model market for the model citizen None the wiser. I scream from aching heart Black children stretched along … Continue reading
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Tagged #blacklivesmatter, #colonialism, #contemplations, #nationalpoetryday, #poems, #tourism, #travels, backpacking, Brazil, poem, Poetry, Salvador, slavery, travel, Travelling
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On a Test of Resistors
I’m not sure I can do this. Write a blog or a review on Marília Garcia’s um teste de resistores (a test of resistors). She’s one of the Brazilian poets whose work I most admire. Can I do this justice? … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, brazilian poetry, gertrude stein, giorgio agamben, jean-luc godard, marília garcia, um teste de resistores
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Is the global economy heading for recession?
Troubles in emerging markets are beginning to affect the developed world. http://fortune.com/2015/10/10/global-recession/
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Tagged Brazil, China, Commodities, Economy, Emerging Markets, Global Economy, Growth, jobs, Larry Summers, Recession, United States
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LATIN AMERICA: Amazon Militias; Replacing Mexican Military with Police
Originally posted on 4GWAR:
Guarding the Rainforest. Brazil(CIA World Fact book) Illegal logging in Brazil’s Amazon rain forest is down — thanks largely to armed militias of indigenous peoples guarding their reserves, which make up about a fifth of the…
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Sergio Machado launches the first Promef Ship built in Rio de Janeiro
Originally posted on Jose sergio de oliveira machado:
Under the aegis of Sergio Machado, Transpetro launched a ship at the Mauá Shipyard. This was the first ship built in the state of Rio de Janeiro for the Program for Modernization…
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