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Suicide Up Close in São Paulo
I’ve never seen a jumper up close. Suicide where someone leaps off a tall building is always what you see in movies and usually a hero comes and talks the jumper out of leaping to their death. However, after I … Continue reading
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Tagged augusta, Brasil, Brazil, death, rua augusta, Sao Paulo, suicide, suicidio
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Brazilian soccer referee pulls out handgun in middle of match
The linesman talked him down from using it. http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/09/brazilian-soccer-referee-pulls-out-handgun-in-middle-of-match/
Rio’s Statue of Christ lit up by Lightning.
The lightning flashes over the statue of Christ the Redeemer on Corcovado mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Source: Photo highlights of the day | News | The Guardian http://derwombat.net/2015/09/29/rios-statue-of-christ-lit-up-by-lightning/
Funny Brazilian expressions!
A Brazilian… man doesn’t ‘have sex’, he dips the cookie. Or, he drowns the goose doesn’t ‘give up’ or ‘retire’, he hangs his football boots doesn’t ‘get drunk’, he puts his foot inside a jackfruit doesn’t ‘have a problem’, he is fried isn’t … Continue reading
Stratum
What a whirlwind crazy 9 months. I spent the last 9 months creating new work for a duo show with the fantastically talented Naomi Scheck. She asked me if I would be interested in exhibiting my work with her and … Continue reading
Merkel Calls for Security Council Reform To Reflect 21st Century Realities
It is now time that the United Nations Security Council is reformed to reflect the real distribution of power across the world in the 21st century, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday. “We need a new method of work … Continue reading
September 26, 2013
Teachers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – on strike since early August over proposed wage cuts and loss of job security – occupy the City Council chambers before a vote on the proposed plan. A series of further actions led … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, history, labor, labor history, Strike, teachers, union, working class
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Animals | Saffron Toucanet
Follow Us On Twitter Description from photographer if any: http://ift.tt/1tJsznn By andreinidio Source: 500px.com https://thepicturesshow.wordpress.com/2015/09/25/animals-saffron-toucanet-6/
Gal Costa and tropicalismo
When tropicalismo erupted on the horizon of Brazilian popular music in the late 1960s, the Brazilian military dictatorship was in full swing. Not surprisingly, resistance, irreverence, and political confrontation became defining features of the movement, which in turn led the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Gal Costa, Performers, Popular music, Tropicalia, Tropicalismo
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Brazilian Wood Sculptures
“Buíque, Pernambuco – Brazil. September 19, 2015 – Works of José Bezerra, Catimbau Valley sculptor.” Photo By: Tiago Henrique © RoverImages, 2015 Photo Set on RI: http://bit.ly/1OwNUco http://blog.roverimages.com/2015/09/25/brazilian-wood-sculptures/
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Tagged Art, artistic, Brazil, Catimbau Valley, Creative, photography, roverimages, sculptures, valley, wood, world
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Sex in the City… in São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in the Southern Hemisphere and third largest in the world. It is often referred to as the ‘New York’ of Souh America and we could easily see why. São Paulo has an impressive metro … Continue reading
Some interesting facts!
There is Ronaldo da Silva prison in Santa Rita Do Sapucai, Brazil allows inmates to pedal stationary bicycles that power street lights in a nearby city in exchange for reduced sentences. In another program, prisons is Brazil offer their prisoners … Continue reading
