Tag Archives: Brazil

Microcephaly and Zika virus

Posted on January 9, 2016 by agogo22

Recently Brazil has declared state of emergency due to an epidemic of newborn microcephaly. Children with microcephaly have significantly smaller head circumference than the mean for their age and body size. It results from abnormal brain development before birth or during infancy … Continue reading →

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brazil black beauty

Posted on January 9, 2016 by agogo22

When you say “Brazilian girl”, any gringo like me will instantly imagine a beautiful dark-skinned girl with curly hair. However living here it’s not difficult to notice that most of the tv or other media propaganda has mainly white blond … Continue reading →

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Carnival in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil – The wildest parties on the planet!

Posted on January 7, 2016 by agogo22

Every year, five days before Ash Wednesday and prior to Lent, Brazil celebrates its most outrageous party of the year welcoming thousands of guests who want to experience the biggest carnival in the world. While Rio de Janeiro is often … Continue reading →

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Recession-hit Brazilians shift to own label products

Posted on January 7, 2016 by agogo22

Brazil’s recession, Brazil’s fall from grace…the international press surely has not been kind when reporting about Brazil. The Economist labelled the Brazilian crisis as “irredeemable”, which is not surprising to me, as the American magazine seems to have anti-Dilma attitude … Continue reading →

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Photo of the day: is this the Best spot for a daredevil selfie?

Posted on December 23, 2015 by agogo22

It is little wonder that a jaw-dropping picture of a man hanging upside down from a cliff has become an instant online hit. Luis Fernando Candela, a fitness fanatic, https://aabelmedia.wordpress.com/2015/12/23/photo-of-the-day-is-this-the-best-spot-for-a-daredevil-selfie/

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Azymuth

Posted on December 21, 2015 by agogo22

Last Summer in Rio (1982) Last Summer in Rio (2013) https://maujournal.wordpress.com/2015/12/20/azymuth/

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Brazil always drumming my heart

Posted on December 20, 2015 by agogo22

Today, I woke up to the sounds of the Bateria which was the perfect alarm to get me up in the morning. As carnival draws closer this will be a very familiar sound as samba schools take to the streets … Continue reading →

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Spidertag x Festival Concreto in Fortaleza, Brazil

Posted on December 20, 2015 by agogo22

Madrid-based street-artist Spidertag was recently in Brazil participating of this year’s Festival Concreto for which he painted a couple of murals in the beautiful city of Fortaleza. Nobody better to describe Spidertag’s work than the artist himself: “It´s all about nails + … Continue reading →

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