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Brazil with Eleven Minutes
“At every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss.”–Paolo Coelho, Eleven Minutes Here’s what happens: Bold and curious Maria ventures away from her homeland of Brazil in search … Continue reading
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Dilma’s Case: A Country in Revolt
367 votes for to 146 votes against: That’s the end result of last night’s impeachment voting against the current President Dilma Rousseff. Thus more than two thirds of the deputies of the câmara, the Brazilian Congress, decided for the impeachment. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolsonaro, Brazil, Dilm Rousseff, Eduardo Cunha, featured, impeachment
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Corrupt Politicians In Brazil Could Bring Their Whole Political Class Down
THIS IS A NEWSWEEK ARTICLE THAT I COPY PASTED FOR YOU TO GET A CHANCE TO READ OPINION ROUSSEFF’S IMPEACHMENT MEANS YEARS OF MAYHEM BY MARIEKE RIETHOF ON 4/19/16 AT 7:42 AM Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff in June 2013. The … Continue reading
SinCity Coffee atoning for its sins via fair-trade & sustainability initiatives
The SinCity coffee company today announces its Brazil to Africa fair-trade farm and sustainability initiative https://sincitycoffee.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/sincity-coffee-atoning-for-its-sins-via-fair-trade-sustainability-initiatives/
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Tagged Africa, Brazil, Coffee, Fair, Fair-Trade, Sin City, SinCity, Sustainability, Trade
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My Walk Through SESC Pompeia
SESC stands for “Serviço Social do Comércio” (Social Service of Commerce) and operates in every state in Brazil. In São Paulo alone there are 35 branches in 19 cities. It is a non-profit institution founded in 1946 by businessmen with … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, P. Ray, Phillihp Ray, Sao Paulo, SESC, SESC Pompeia, The Bridge Point
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Brazil . . . Sizzling SALVADOR & more
(ALL PHOTOS TAKEN BY trotting tani) PREAMBLE If you have been reading my blogs, by now you would have figured that I write mostly about places frequented by ‘fewer people’ . . . places that are perhaps more exotic but … Continue reading
Brazil Announces Exhibition Theme for 2016 Venice Biennale — Archy Naija
Responding to curator Alejandro Aravena’s theme “Reporting from the front,” the Fundação Bienal de São Paulo has selected Washington Fajardo to present an exhibition titled “JUNTOS.” The project for the Brazilian pavilion will highlight stories of people who have fought … Continue reading
Attempts to impeach Brazil president illegal: Attorney general
Press TV – April 5, 2016 Brazil’s attorney general has slammed impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff as illegal, saying such a bid is nothing more than an attempted coup d’état. Jose Eduardo Cardozo, the government’s main legal advisor, defended … Continue reading
Gallery: Humans come in all shapes, sizes — and colors
“We still live in a world where the color of our skin not only gives a first impression, but a lasting one that remains,” says Brazilian artist Angélica Dass. She shows portraits from Humanae, the photo project she started to highlight … Continue reading
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Tagged Angélica Dass, Art, Brazil, documentary, Humanae, humanity, people, photography, portraits
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