Category Archives: General

Originally posted on Green Lizard's Blog:
check out this picture.  I should give you a chance to guess where it was taken etc. Is it during Monsoon in the tropics?? Is it a cyclone event in the Americas?…

Originally posted on No Se Mancha:
Brazilian economist, World Bank Senior Adviser and former Vice President Otaviano Canuto on the effect of global trade deals, TPP and TIPP on Brazil  What’s it worth to you? The landscape of international trade negotiations has been…

Originally posted on Universal Journal Review:
The Guardian: A Pakistani man was found guilty on Wednesday of a failed al-Qaida bomb plot after a New York trial that featured spies in disguise, evidence from the raid on Osama bin Laden’s…

Originally posted on Tokyobling's Blog:
Cafe culture started in Japan in 1911, when a few cafes opened up in Tokyo’s fashionable Ginza district. Of these the oldest still in operation is the Cafe Paulista (Paulista coming from Sao Paulo…

Originally posted on Tossing off the Bowlines:
AP photo of Haitian immigrants checking job sheets in Brasilia, Brazil. The doorman/guard at our local sushi restaurant is a Haitian named Jean. He speaks French and English, and is learning Portuguese through…