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“Favela” Girl
Five years have passed but I still remember this moment as if it was yesterday. It was a warm fall afternoon in Canada. The wind was blowing hard, making the dead leaves fall faster or the green grass and getting … Continue reading
Brazil’s Rousseff going to UN over impeachment
Beleaguered Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will travel to New York in a bid to rally international support against her impeachment, leaving behind a Cabinet paralyzed by political crisis as another minister defected on Wednesday. Rousseff aides said the leftist leader … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, crisis, government, Justice, Opposition, Parliament, Politics, President, UN, usa, Vulnerability
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#Travel #500px : Sunset by marcelocosantos by marcelocosantos #photography#IFTTT — TonyJCronin
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The story of cities #15: the rise and ruin of Rio de Janeiro’s first favela | Cities | The Guardian
Since it was first built by war veterans in 1897, Morro da Providência has become a complex symbol of poverty, violence and sentimentality, fetishised in popular culture. But where do the favelas fit into Brazil’s vision for the Olympic Games? … Continue reading
BRICS Under Attack: Western Banks, Governments Launch Full-Spectrum Assault on Russia
Russia is the target of a multi-faceted, asymmetric campaign of destabilization that has employed economic, political, and psychological forms of warfare — each of which has been specifically designed to inflict maximum damage on the Kremlin. by Eric Draitser, Global Research: … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, BRICS, Color Revolution, Dollar, Eric Draitser, Full Scale Assault, oil price, Ruble, Russia, Sanctions, South Africa, Western Banks
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A divided Brazil
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Intellectuals condemn impeachment process against Rousseff
Granma | 21 April, 2016 CARACAS.— The Network of Intellectuals, Artists and Social Movements in Defense of Humanity yesterday expressed its opposition to the parliamentary moves against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, according to reports from Prensa Latina. https://journalworker.wordpress.com/2016/04/22/intellectuals-condemn-impeachment-process-against-rousseff/
The coup unfolds
On Wednesday, three supreme court judges publicly scolded President Dilma Rousseff for describing the impeachment vote in the house of deputies as a coup. They were Celso de Mello, Dias Toffoli, and, no surprise, Gilmar Mendes. The judges’ grounds for … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Congress, crisis, impeachment, judiciary, Politics, usa
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Normal life or Ninja spiders?
I always have a problem writing the last blog of a trip – I’m home by this point and my damn normal life gets in the way! So I’m stuck grabbing spare moments to write this which isn’t ideal for … Continue reading
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Tagged birding, Brazil, Caipirinha, Moths, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, REGUA, spiders, travel
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New Brazilian species (2)
The second paper is describing a new species from western Bahia State, with an emended description of the recently described genus Kora, with a revision of species ascribed to it. “A new species of land snail was recently found in … Continue reading
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