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How Brazil And China Are Investing In Africa
After the economic slow-down, inflation and recession – and perhaps, some most pessimistic might say, the eminent down-fall of BRICS, all eyes turn to Africa as the new best thing regarding investments. Brazil and China have already been investing heavily … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Brazil, BRICS, China, EM, Emerging Markets, FM, Frontier Markets, infrastructure, investing, Investment, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bringing Abortion into the Brazilian Public Debate: Legal Strategies for Anencephalic Pregnancy
Luís Roberto Barroso, “Bringing Abortion into the Brazilian Public Debate: Legal Strategies for Anencephalic Pregnancy,” Abortion Law in Transnational Perspective: Cases and Controversies ed. Rebecca J. Cook, Joanna N. Erdman, and Bernard M. Dickens (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014) pp 258-278, … Continue reading
1.4 million Brazilians sign zero deforestation bill
Campaigners deliver 1.4 million signatures supporting the zero deforestation bill to the Brazilian congress Photo © Marcos Oliveira/Agência Senado. For the past three years, Greenpeace Brazil has been collecting signatures in support of a bill to establish a zero deforestation … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, Brazil, conservation, deforestation, democracy, Environment, South America / Environment
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A penguin saved from an oil slick and the unusual friendship with a man in a Brazilian fishing village
By Sophie McAdam | Truce Activist In 2011, João Pereira De Souza found a penguin on the beach of his home in South-East Brazil. The bird, a Magellanic penguin, was covered in oil and needed serious TLC. De Souza … Continue reading
ARCA, an arched retreat in the Brazilian rainforest | Atelier Marko Brajovic
The humid forest of Brazil’s Costa Verde is the setting for this unusual small house. Nicknamed “Arca” (“Ark”) by the locals for its resemblance to an overturned vessel, the arched house was built as a getaway by architect Marko Brajovic. … Continue reading
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Tagged Atelier Marko Brajovic, Brazil, curved roof, small house plans
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Post # 20 – Special Glasses
And I wear my special glasses On this fortress by the sea A broken sax and both of you, No one sees things like we see! By the river in Boston Where the little white boats Are like stars in … Continue reading
Nature | Exploring caves
Follow Us On Twitter People With Depression Can Have A Good Day? Description from photographer if any: By j_bispo Source: 500px.com https://thepicturesshow.wordpress.com/2015/10/23/nature-exploring-caves/
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Tagged beautiful, Brasil, Brazil, cave, Dark, green, Rio de Janeiro, rock, rocks, South America, water
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How do they manage to have such clear water, Val?
There’s a national misconception that Brazilian movies are crap. And there is some fairness to this, because the most talked about and advertised movies are in fact the brainless comedies that, however, fill up the movie theaters for weeks on … Continue reading
Shrimp Cocktail Paraíba (Camarão ao Vinagrete)
Shrimp Cocktail Paraíba (Camarão ao Vinagrete) For the vinagrete: 1 medium red or white onion, chipped 2 ripe tomatoes, seeded and chopped 1 medium green pepper, seeded and chopped 1 Tbsp cilantro, chopped 1 Tbsp green onion, green part only, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brasil, Brazil, camaro ao vinagrete, paraiba, shrimp cocktail
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A Bavarian at Oktoberfest in Brazil and Germany for the first time
About six years ago somebody told me that the second biggest Oktoberfest is in Blumenau in Brazil and I knew that I had to go one day. Finally this year the time has come and of course I also had … Continue reading
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